Kindergarten

Powell GT Elementary Community Courtyard Gardens

The Powell GT Magnet gardens and outdoor classrooms are educational spaces and part of our initiative to create a local food system that is based on community empowerment through education. We have partnered with Sixth Sun (www.sixthsun.co) and NCSU landscape design department to design and build gardens and outdoor classrooms at our elementary school in Raleigh, North Carolina.  Eventually our outdoor courtyard space will also have a rain garden, pollinator gardens and an outdoor stage for theatrical productions and concerts.

Acre Gourmet

 Acre Gourmet works with local purveyors to cook healthy, sustainable food on-site at schools in the Bay Area. We design and manage distinctive on-site lunch programs with the goal of integrating the school community and delicious, heathy food. In all of our kitchens we use the freshest, least processed ingredients available and whenever possible use organic products that are naturally low in sugar and saturated fats. Our menus are diverse, balanced and exceed USDA guidelines for nutrition.

Center Montessori School Garden

Center Montessori has had a school garden cultivated organically for almost 20 years. Currently we have 8 raised beds and numerous earth boxes and container garden boxes throughout the school. Our growing season is from October to June so we have ample time to grow seedlings in our greenhouse, plant our Fall and Spring gardens, and harvest organic vegetables. Students prepare food at different times as vegetables mature. We make things like tomato salsa, brocolli egg scramble, cabbage slaw, mixed green salad, herbed citrus vinaigrette, and much more.

The Dawes School Garden of Eatin'

The Dawes School Garden of Eatin' project focuses on educating children about healthy food choices. Through growing and harvesting vegetables themselves, and then  coming together for tastings, our students learn where food comes from and to appreciate the joys of fresh produce.  They learn that how we grow our food has a profound effect on the environment and on their personal health.  They learn that good nutrition means including vegetables in their diet.

Miles Davis Magnet Academy Learning Garden

The Miles Davis Magnet Academy Learning Garden includes raised vegetable beds, butterfly and rain gardens and a native plants area. The Learning Garden provides opportunities for student learning about science and engineering, particularly in the areas of botany, urban agriculture and environmental science.

 

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Highland Elementary

Our goal is to expand our existing garden and continue to help children become aware of the source of their food along with making sound nutritional choices. We want to integrate as many subject areas as possible but also believe in the intrinsic value of teaching children gardening and cooking skills as an overall approach to wellness.

Garden Leader: Ellen Datino -- emdhome@msn.com
 

Graland Country Day School

Garden Leader: Maureen Kechriotis – mkech@comcast.net

Locally Grown at Graland

Benjamin Franklin Elementary

Garden Leader: Allie Molinda – blainenewby@yahoo.com

Ben Franklin Elementary has a medium to large size garden composed of about 14 4×12′ raised beds, and 2 2×20′ flat beds. A small but adequate shed houses our garden tools. We produce mainly vegetables and herbs. The garden is surrounded by xeric plantings. We have a compost system and the garden is irrigated by an automated drip system. We use the garden for gardening, cooking, social studies and art classes.

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