Lower Elementary

Bell Elementary/Tulsa Public Schools

Our goal is more involvement with our parents and community members in making a garden to benefit our families and partners. We are on a path of becoming a Community School in our district. We want to engage our volunteers, partners, and retired community members in a project to not only beautify our school, but make it a major focal point. The garden would be an active learning center for our mainstream students as well as our students with disabilities. We would involve stakeholders and parents in creating an environment for learning and using science hands-on.

Washington Elementary School

The goal of our garden project is to continue with the next step on the journey of creating a school garden. Last year we were contacted by a group of Master Gardeners. They wanted to team up with our school and provide education and experience in gardening to a group of students and they were become Junior Master Gardeners. We had a special spot to develop into a school garden. We contacted our local high school shop class and they were able to build us raised planter beds at a very reasonable cost.

Baldwin School

The goals of The Baldwin School Garden Project are to create, support, and sustain our school garden so that students can connect with nature in engaging, nurturing and inspirational ways and to make plant based learning and whole food a part of the education of all our students. As well as to foster cooperative spirit among schools, families and the surrounding community through involvement with the school garden. And finally, to create a vibrant, sharing network of educators and partners committed to putting the school gardens at the heart of our shared community.

Atlanta Preparatory Academy

The APA Edible Schoolyard Committee strives is to promote better eating and "horticultural literacy" for students, staff and faculty of the school. More specifically our objectives are to:

- Educate students about nutrition through the context of food,

- Reinforce school learning objectives & curriculum goals

- Develop a successful, sustainable whole foods nutrition and gardening education programming for APA cafeteria students, parents, and neighbors,

Animas Valley Elementary

The Animas Valley "Learning Garden" is an interdisciplinary, cross-curricular, educational enrichment project. Each year, we spend a great deal of time and effort securing funds to continue this amazing project which teaches our community about sustainable food practices and healthy eating. This grant would provide a lump sum of money, so we can focus our energy on the actual quality and expansion of the garden project which now includes a year-round greenhouse.

ACE Charter School

ACE Charter School believes that learning should take place wherever you are, and that being conscious of the world around you is vital to education. Our Garden Program has successfully given our students an opportunity to understand their relationship to food: where it comes from and how it benefits us. Now, we'd like to take this to the next level and bring our harvest from our established garden to the table. We would like the children to know the joy of growing, preparing, cooking and eating their own food.

PS 84, The Lillian Weber School for the Arts

Our Garden, Urban Roots was born in 2010, when we started a pilot program for 3-5th graders to plant vegetables on an unused rooftop courtyard space. Last year, Urban Roots expanded to the full 5 grades, and a basic curriculum was written to incorporate Science Core Curriculum for each grade. Our next goal, The Vertical Garden, will expand our existing 132 sq ft by adding 144 sq ft of vertical growing space, ideal for city agriculture.

Zamora Elementary

Our goal is to re-establish an abandoned garden at Zamora - a garden that connects students with classroom learning, healthy food, and an understanding of how good food is produced. We have a promising beginning with 20 existing raised beds, water access, and students who want to join the

Hartman Public School

What is unique about our initiative is that includes the creation of two gardens on two different school properties. Our main goals are to build positive connections with both community members and our environment. Our schools are situated in a fast growing suburban area and it is very multicultural. This year, our new community has also been separated by school boundaries. These gardens will be a vehicle to establish positive community ties. Our second goal stems from the fact that our neighborhood has farmer

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