Middle School

Nottoway Middle School

The goals include beautifying a blank landscape with garden boxes, providing fresh produce for the students to taste, the enrichment of the educational experience by supplying a hands-on, project-based learning environment, to include the surrounding community by scheduling speakers and input from area businesses, involving our cafeteria/food staff for additional nutritional data, and planting perennials that will provide years of sustainable garden plants.

Bachman Academy

The goal of the Bachman Academy Horticulture/Garden program is to first teach students about sustainability and environmental stewardship. Secondly, the program increases the student's access to fresh produce and knowledge of native plants. Planning what to grow, seed propagation, soil testing, harvesting and more serve as a format to reinforce the traditional subjects of biology, physical science, chemistry and math. Lastly, students get the opportunity to enjoy the intrinsic benefits of gardening.

LifeWorks NW Adolescent Day Treatment Program

The Adolescent Day Treatment Program advocates for and serves adolescents and their families throughout the Portland metro area and rural areas as well. Each day we provide schooling and mental health treatment for 25-32 children and their families in Tigard, Oregon. Our garden goals include curriculum integration, horticultural therapy, nutrition focused lunch program, and community outreach to teach nutrition and sustainability. Our garden and lunch groups are supported by a hands-on learning process focusing on food and our relationship to it.

Renaissance Middle Charter School

We would like to enhance the knowledge and understanding of herbs, vegetables and pollinating plants so our students could learn how to maintain their gardens, utilize their nutrient values and begin a healthier lifestyle. Using the vegetation of our gardens our students will be involved in food preparation challenges. They will make recipe books including the top 15 recipes and distributing the recipe book to all our students and staff to enjoy with their families.

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

Blair Middle and High School

The goals of our garden are multi-faceted. First, we have a Culinary Arts and Hospitality Pathway Academy for High Schoolth grade students at Blair School. Our parent volunteer will be working with the lead teacher in the academy to plan, plant and harvest edibles the students can then use in their recipes for the weekly meals served on campus through their organization, "Longboat Cafe." Our campus has a school-wide "Wellness Council" being spearheaded by our Physical Education Department Chair.

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.

Urban Ventures

We have been gifted with a greenhouse. It will be moved from its' existing site to our campus, and put to use growing fresh produce and herbs for use in our kitchen, with students and families to learn more about nutritious eating as well as for our Learning Lab students to learn the science of plant life and growth. This grant will provide seed, pots, and tools for 95 students to be hands-on in the greenhouse, year-round.

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