Lauritzen Gardens is a non-profit organization that conducts conservation efforts across the Great Plains, promotes thoughtful, ecologically minded horticultural practices, creates educational and inspirational experiences, and offers a year-round schedule of tours, programs, and workshops that explore, explain, and celebrate the world of plants. The Education Manager for School and Youth Programs is responsible for planning, coordinating, and delivering educational programming, including winter and summer day camps, school-year and summer field trips, homeschool programs, and Sofia's Play Garden.