Lower Elementary

STAR Academy Garden

The STAR Academy Garden will benefit our school children by providing a hands-on experience for our students to go along with their science, social studies, math and health/nutrition studies. Our garden has already begun to positively impact our school community by bringing parents, teachers and students together. Parents who have never been involved in our school before are excited that they have found a way to contribute to our school community.

San Domenico School Garden of Hope

 The Garden of Hope is a sacred place and learning center for San Domenico students and faculty, but has expanded to become a model for the greater community. Our sustainability program has been featured in articles in the Marin Independent Journal, Marin Magazine, Terra Magazine, Red Orbit, More Marin, and other magazines such as Fast Forward. It is known as a place to showcase how other school gardens, community organizations, and individuals can learn how to live more sustainably with the earth.

Peralta Garden and Kitchen

Peralta Elementary School in Oakland, California has extensive vegetable and flower gardens, a native bee garden as well as a schoolwide culinary arts program. 

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Annie's Grants for Gardens

 

 Annie's Homegrown: Growing Gardens of Goodness

Project EAT

Project EAT ( Educate, Act, Thrive.) serves 25,000 students directly. Initiated ten years ago at two schools in the Hayward Unified School District, Project EAT now serves 50 schools in five school districts with a yearly budget over $4 million dollars. Currently, the award winning, nationally recognized Project EAT serves Hayward, Livermore, San Leandro, and San Lorenzo school districts with primary funding from the Network for a Healthy California, funded by the California Department of Public Health.

Jamie Oliver Food Foundation

We want to change the way people eat by educating every child about food, empowering families by arming them with the skills and knowledge to cook again, and inspiring everyone to stand up for their rights to better food; which in turn will fight the epidemic of diet-related diseases.

Henry C. Lea "Secret Garden"

The Henry C. Lea School has had a garden since 1999.  The University of Pennsylvania's Judith Rodin was an early supporter.  UC Green under the leadership of Sue MacQueen and with the support of Joe Shapiro, Johannah Fine, Michael Dillen, has been a source of expertise and guidence.  Dr.

The Agrarian Adventure

The Agrarian Adventure is a publicly-supported 501(c)3 nonprofit that exists due to the active participation and dedicated support of students, teachers, parents, and community members working with schools to connect students with food, health, community, and agriculture. We are a volunteer-led grassroots organization, made possible by support from the community since 2003.
Our program areas are:

Roosevelt Elementary School Community Garden

The Community Garden at Roosevelt Elementary School is run year-round on the campus schoolground, and serves the students and families of Roosevelt School, as well as those of the adjacent Broadmoor Preschool, and families in the Roosevelt School community. The Community Garden is run by volunteers, and has eighteen garden beds, herbs, flowers, fruit trees and an educational sensory garden. The Community Garden is also the center of Roosevelt's lunchtime composting program, a parent-run project that conducts lunchtime composting and recycling throughout the year.

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