The Environmental Studies Department manages an on-campus community garden, a regenerative gardening resource that provides food for the Knights Pantry, Dare to Care Food Bank, and the St. Agnes Food Pantry, in the main garden plot through the Environmental Studies Department while providing space and place for members of the Bellarmine community to grow their own food in raised beds. We also work with our community partner the Passionist’s Earth and Spirit Center to continue providing food during the winter months.

Our outdoor classroom is available for class-based outdoor gathering, and our plots are available for experimental gardening, exploration of nutrition, and other class activities in an outdoor learning environment. We also maintain two pollinator gardens and an apple and pear orchard, where the Bellarmine Beekeeping Club maintains our campus beehives.