USC Peace Garden

Where to Find Us
USC Peace Garden is located at Kerckhoff Hall
734 W. Adams Boulevard, Los Angeles, 90007.

About the USC Peace Garden

The mission of the USC Peace Garden is to help people connect to nature in their daily lives in the heart of the city. Led by Camille Dieterle, associate professor of clinical occupational therapy, the garden wellness space near USC’s University Park Campus offers education, research and programs serving the community. Its purpose is to promote and demonstrate environmental sustainability, social and environmental justice, health promotion and wellness and community safety.

Planting and Design Principles

• Environmental sustainability, including low water usage, composting, no use of harmful fertilizers or pesticides.
• Cultivating place, including emphasizing plants that are native to this region/ecosystem.

People, Partners & Affiliated Groups
The Peace Garden is designed to attract partners and participants from around the university and the surrounding community, including the USC Chan Division of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy, the USC Office of Sustainability, SOLA Community Peace Center, USC Culture Journey, Arts & Climate Collective (ACC), USC Landscape Architecture, USC Hillel, Annenberg’s Civic Paths and more.

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USC Chan Division of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy

1540 Alcazar Street, CHP 133, Los Angeles, CA 90089-9003

ACOTE accreditation | NBCOT certification

The USC entry-level doctorate in occupational therapy (OTD) degree program (cost of attendance) is fully accredited by the Accreditation Council for Occupational Therapy Education® (ACOTE®) of the American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA). The USC entry-level master’s degree program (cost of attendance) is in Accreditation–Inactive status by ACOTE®. View our program’s ACOTE® standards public data. ACOTE® c/o the American Occupational Therapy Association, Inc.®, 7501 Wisconsin Avenue, Suite 510E, Bethesda, MD 20814, (301) 652-AOTA, www.acoteonline.org.

Professional program graduates are eligible to sit for the national certification examination for the occupational therapist administered by the National Board for Certification in Occupational Therapy, Inc.® (NBCOT®), nbcot.org. Program results from the NBCOT can be found online at www.nbcot.org/Educators-Folder/SchoolPerformance.