Lower Elementary

Charles R. Hadley Elementary

Our main goal for our school garden is to provide children and their parents with a hands on experience that they will apply daily and for the rest of their lives. The majority have never touched soil before and have never been responsible for growing something of their own from seed to harvest. Occupied with the challenges of family life they don't often consider their food sources and choices and how they affect their family's health.

Rock View Elementary School

Our goal is to transform the school courtyard into a space for playing, learning, gardening, and teaching environmental education and nutrition. The redesigned courtyard will include a pre-kindergarten play space, an outdoor classroom with seating, a shallow pond as well as various habitat gardens to attract butterflies and birds, and raised garden beds for growing vegetables and herbs. Compost bins and rain barrels make the design environmentally sustainable. The raised planting beds can be used by the different grades to fulfill curriculum requirements, such as math

Roseland Elementary Montessori

Using nature as a teacher - The students will learn to appreciate the wonder and power of nature which is the core of an environmental education. The school garden will give students and understanding of their own place in the cycle of nature.

Using the garden to learn responsibility and teamwork - The fundamental rule of farming is that it takes responsibility and teamwork. Students working together on the garden can build self esteem and watching their garden grow is a sign of their success.

Franklin Elementary

Recognizing that 75% of our students are on free or reduced lunch program, our goal is to grow food in our school garden that low income families in our community can use. Students will learn how to grow food and be encouraged to start gardens at home.

Another goal is to teach seed-saving techniques that will produce pure seed for sustainability of our school garden as well as for student gardens at home.

Stone Bridge School

To connect our children with the world of nature and increase conscientiousness of ecology is a main goal of our garden. Our hope is that our school gardens gives young people an opportunity to better understand their relationship with nature thus creating a dynamic environment for learning core subjects while promoting cooperation through group activities. The children will be taught to conserve natural resources and preserve the environment. A garden often encourages self-confidence and a sense of responsibility and belonging to one's community.

Sonoma Charter School

Sonoma Charter School (SCS) started its school garden in 2009 with the help of the local community. For the past 3 years, teachers and parent volunteers have used it to teach students lessons on a variety of topics related to gardening, the earth and ecology. Now, SCS is ready to expand this curriculum through the introduction of a gardening elective that will increase the students

Cardiff School

Our goal is for all K-3 students at Cardiff School to garden once a week throughout the school year. To make this happen, we are in the process of expanding our vegetable garden of 4 raised beds to 20.

Seaview Elementary

Our goal for creating a garden at Seaview Elementary is to develop an organic, educational food garden that can be used as an outdoor classroom for the entire school to deepen the teaching of science, social studies, health and nutrition. Our garden will be utilized by every teacher and student, with each class having their own designated garden bed with which to experiment and explore. The garden will be used to examine plant lifecycles, make predictions and perform experiments, to grow food for cooking classes and encourage the increased consumption of fresh fruits and vegetables.

Cobb Mountain Elementary School

The purpose of the Cobb Mountain Elementary school garden is to create and sustain an inviting, engaging and instructive outdoor organic classroom for the education and pleasure of our students. The garden is used to supplement and enhance core curriculum in addition to producing nutritious, sustainably grown produce for the cafeteria and community. Students, teachers and community members are involved in every aspect of the garden's growth and development including learning about nutritious food choices, planning the garden, planting, tending, harvesting, and preparing healthy foods.

Lindley Elementary School

Our garden consists of 16 raised beds and an orchard. We believe in full student participation.

The goals for the 2013 growing seasion:

1) Partner with a local nonprofit, "Share the Harvest", which connects local gardens with individuals and familes in need of food assistance. We will develop a service learning program, educating our students on hunger in Guilford County, and dedicate a garden bed to donate.

2) Designate a garden bed for ethnic veggies and better involve families of different cultures at our school

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