Lower Elementary

Piney Branch Elementary School

Almost half of the students at our school are low-income and need food assistance. Often food assistance means unhealthy processed food choices. Over the long-term this can lead to a lifetime of overweight and obese children. The changing Core Curriculum in the State of Maryland tries to improve efforts to teach nutrition and wellness in schools but still incentives are lacking. PBES believes we can offer to our students an opportunity to learn how where food comes from, how to grow food, how to harvest food and how to prepare and learn about healthy meal choices.

St.Anne's School of Annapolis

We have three basic goals for our edible garden. 1) to offer an experiential learning opportunity for students that will help integrate their classroom studies and research, 2) to help students experience the joy of growing and eating nutritional fruits and vegetables in order to establish lifetime habits of healthy eating, and 3)to help students experience the fulfilling wonder of sharing their produce with people who often do not have enough to eat.

Nut Swamp Elementary School

The goal of the Nut Swamp Elementary School Garden is help students learn about the relationship between healthy food, healthy bodies and a healthy Earth and to provide a place for the students to learn where real, whole food comes from. The grant will enable us to build a larger garden to accommodate our nearly 600 hundred students. The additional space will allow each grade level an area to create their own garden and grow their own vegetables and herbs.

Meeting Street Academy

As part of a non profit dedicated to creating a thriving local food system, education and demonstration about how food gets from 'seed to table' is an extremely important lesson. The garden at GrowFood Carolina gives students the opportunity to learn about soil, seeds, plants, and foods. When the student then learns about the activities at the warehouse, they start understand the full cycle of our food system, so they not only appreciate how to grow fresh fruit and veg, but also what to look for in their grocery store.

Jesse Sherwood Elementary

The goal of the garden at Sherwood School would be to engage the students in learning opportunities utilizing the garden. The garden will also be used to engage the parents, students and the community in order to create a strong bond as they plant and grow vegetables and flowers. Our primary goal is to increase students' understanding of and respect for nature. We would also like our students and the community to have a place where they can investigate, plan and nurture a garden. We envision a place that is designed, used and maintained by the children and the community.

Village Leadership Academy

Our edible garden allows students to grow their own food and learn about healthy and sustainable eating. Our after school cooking and gardening program and our hands on science program utilize the garden for both educational and practical purposes. The students cook with the food in the 10 garden boxes every week. Students are also encouraged to take some of the fresh vegetables and herbs home to share with their families. Our school

Kolter Elementary School

Kolter's garden is part of our outdoor learning center. The primary goal of the garden is to get students excited about growing their own food. We believe that people who are better informed as to how their food is grown are better prepared to make healthy choices as to what fuels their body. Our hope is that getting these students involved and invested at an early age will create a lifelong habit of healthy living. Additionally, we have learned that kids who have participated in the gardening process are more likely to try new foods.

Lakeside Elementary School

Our overall purpose is to develop healthy living habits among Plummer-Worley School District students while improving food security. Our goal is to instill a value of growing and eating fresh fruits and vegetables among the youth and enhance place-based science learning. The garden at Lakeside Elementary School (LES) provides a space for students to get their hands dirty while learning about the following topics:
1. plant lifecycles
2. starting seeds
3. planting a garden
4. harvesting fruits and vegetables
5. food production and preparation

Broward Children's Center North

This grant will make it possible for us to create a Horticultural Therapy program and Sensory Garden for our K-12 program which will enhance learning, and improve cognitive and social development for our children with disabilities. This project will be incorporated into our lesson plans and the children will learn about flowers, vegetables and herbs, how they grow, and will experience sensory integration.

Lincoln Elementary

Our garden will serve as an integral part of our Kindergarten, Lower Elementary, Health, Science, and Social Studies curriculum.
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