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South Warren Elementary School Garden

 Our school garden is brand new this spring, 2013! Our garden coordinator is a first grade teacher, and she is working with Farm Bureau and our county's FoodCorps Service Member to develop the space and involve different classes and grade levels. Soon, our first graders will fill our new raised beds alongside 4th and 5th graders at our school. We can't wait to get started!

Carver Community School Garden

Carver Community School created their garden in the spring of 2012. Ray Meylor, of Pheasants Forever, and Ms. Hogan, second grade teacher at Carver, helped Des Moines FoodCorps break ground in April. Parents also supported the garden by trading watering duties for ownership of 4 raised beds. This year, the garden will gain support from the Boys & Girls Club, with programming happening throughout the season. Des Moines FoodCorps also teaches Pick a Better Snack at Carver throughout the winter.

North Carolina Cooperative Extension of Warren County

 North Carolina Cooperative Extension partners with communities to deliver education and technology that enrich the lives, land and economy of North Carolinians.

Our FoodCorps Service Member, Horticulture Agent, 4-H Agent, and Extended Food and Nutrition Education Progammer (EFNEP), all work to provide nutrition education to children through school gardens. Our team has used gardens for programming at South Warren Elementary School, Mariam Boyd Elementary School, and Warren County High School. 

Mariam Boyd Elementary School Garden

 Students benefit from our school garden in the classroom and after school. First and fourth grade students use the garden through every stage to grow plants and use the produce for classroom cooking. Our fifth graders also tend the garden every other week with Culinary Club. This after school club exposes students to where food comes from, how to grow their own food, and how to prepare complex dishes.

Hyalite Elementary School Garden Program

Hyalite Elementary School has a robust garden of 7 raised beds, amounting to over 700 square feet of garden space! We use the gardens to grow flowers, herbs and produce to educate our Pre-K through 5th-grade students about how to grow food, provide the opportunity to try new foods and know where healthy food comes from! We also have a greenhouse and edible landscaping as part of our schoolyard environment.

Bridge House School Herb Garden

We are an external service provider that provides a catering service to schools in the Western Cape. We asked for a small piece of land to plant herbs that we could use in our meals. The junior school gardening club then assisted us in planting the herbs. It would be great to have a larger piece of land to grow more vegtables or even fruit.

Hillis School Gardners

Hillis Elementary School started their garden in the spring of 2011. Thanks to Beth Sloan, principal at Hillis, The garden is incorporated into the everyday life of the school. Each Wednesday, every student participates in Eco Hour. This hour has a wide array of topics that cover nutrition, horticulture, and environmental stewardship. Des Moines FoodCorps helps with lesson plans for the 5th grade and Stephanie Peterson, garden coordinator, supports the rest of Hillis. Some lessons have included school wide crock pot day, sweet potato day, and interactive nutrition lessons.

Moulton Extended Learning Center

The original garden was started over 10 years ago. Des Moines FoodCorps helped revitalize the garden with Ms. Rushing, Ms. Johnson, and Ms. Werning this past spring. The site is 40x70 feet and is also supported by Christian Family Urban Ministries with after school programing throughout the entire year. The program through CFUM, Food Club, allows students to cook, grow and get their hands dirty! 

Valley Elementary School Garden

 The Valley Elementary School gardens were created to both beautify the campus and provide learning opportunities for all students.  All students, preschool-5th grade participate in the planting, cultivation, and harvesting of the gardens.  There is one small, more decorative bed located in front of the school, close to where parents drop their kids off, and another larger bed behind the school nestled amongst the playground.  During the growing season, kids love to pick cherry tomatoes at recess!

Postville Community Garden

 The Postville Community Garden is a beautiful and sprawling space dedicated to bring people from diverse backgrounds together to grow their own food.  About a third of the garden is grown for and by students from Postville Community School District.  During the growing season, elementary students gather on a weekly basis to care for the garden, learn about growing practices, and prepare a healthy snack.  All food produced by the garden is either sent home with the students who grow it, or sent to the school cafeteria.

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