Marilyn Magaram Center

for Food Science, Nutrition, and Dietetics


Sequoia Hall 120
18111 Nordhoff St.

Northridge, CA 91330-8308

Phone: (818) 677-3102

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Annette Besnilian, EdD, MPH, RDN, CLE, FAND

Executive Director


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MMC Wellness Garden

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Mission

To build and maintain a garden in every school where people and plants can grow healthy. To deliver hands-on gardening classes in order to promote healthy eating habits, sustainability, and responsibility.

About

Let’s Grow Healthy is a garden enhanced nutrition education program that helps children and adults grow towards a healthier lifestyle. The program offers nutrition, sustainability, and wellness-based gardening classes that are hands-on, interactive, and tailored to specific grade levels. The goal of Let’s Grow Healthy is to teach participants about where their food really comes from.

At the elementary school level, the program is research based and is held for a total of seven weeks. Data that is collected helps to show the benefits of gardening on children’s nutrition knowledge, environmental stewardship, and a healthier lifestyle. The Healthy Growers training program is designed for adults to learn how to start and maintain and urban, organic garden. It is an in-depth four session program held a few times throughout the year. Participants of the Healthy Growers training program learn everything from selecting the optimal garden space, whether indoors or outdoors, soil texture and health, composting, planting and transplanting, pest management, harvesting and everything in between.


Spring 2025

MMC Wellness Garden Beautification Day on 4/25/2025

Join us as we beautify our wellness garden and learn about plants growing in the CSUN Marilyn Magaram Center’s Wellness Garden.
RSVP required: Visit this link or scan the QR code. 
Date: Friday, April 25, 2025
Time: 2:00pm-3:00pm
Location: SQ Courtyard – MMC Wellness Garden (see flyer for map)


Map of MMC Wellness Garden

MMC Wellness Garden Hours 

  • Monday: 8:30AM to 4:30PM
  • Tuesday: 1:00PM to 4:30PM
  • Friday: 1:00PM to 4:30PM

  • AGBU Manoogian-Demirdjian School

  • Anatola Elementary School

  • Calahan Community Charter

  • Cantara St. Elementary School

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Marilyn Magaram Center

for Food Science, Nutrition, and Dietetics


Sequoia Hall 120
18111 Nordhoff St.

Northridge, CA 91330-8308

Phone: (818) 677-3102

Send email

Annette Besnilian, EdD, MPH, RDN, CLE, FAND

Executive Director


Send email

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