Lower Elementary

Building School Gardens

Started during the 2006–07 school year, Building School Gardens installs gardens at Chicago public schools to achieve the following purposes:

• Develop "garden teams" to support the garden,
• Integrate the gardens into multi-disciplinary curriculum at multiple grade levels,
• Use art creatively in the landscape,
• Instill an environmental ethic in those who the gardens effect, and
• Incorporate physical activity as a regular daily activity

Cory Elementary

Garden Leaders:

Jana Roush - janaroush@msn.com
Linda Scara – Lscara@comcast.net

Cory’s garden is located on the Southwest side of our building, off of Steele St. Our in-garden program is primarily for grades 1, 2, and 3 at the present time. Grades 4-5 are involved in the Youth Farmers’ Market.

Bradley International Elementary

Garden Leader: Lee McClure – alethea_mcclure@yahoo.com

Bradley is beginning an after-school garden club for 4th and 5th graders this February, which will include gardening, cooking and science lessons. Additionally, the garden is used for art classes, and produce is sold at a Youth Farmers’ Market. A May Day celebration is planned.

KCKCC SIFE Elementary School Gardens

The KCKCC SIFE Elementary School Garden is a project started for the 2012-2013 Kansas City Kansas Community College Students In Free Enterprise. The project is brand new.

Alsup Elementary

Garden Leader: Emily Taylor – ectaylor@adams14.org
 
Our school garden is new to the school and we are still exploring the best ways to incorporate it into our academic learning.  We have just built compost bins and are excited to use them!   We are in the process of getting our school on board to compost our lunch waste and waste from our bi-weekly fruit and vegetable snacks.  Seeds for a salad garden have been planted and will be ready to plant out in the spring!

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