Pre-Kindergarten

Science Alive

science Alive is a comprehensive garden and science program that teaches environmental stewardship, science, nutrition and basic garden skills to Theodore Judah elementary school population. 

Holy Cross School Life Lab

Holy Cross School Life Lab provides experiential, outdoor garden activities to complement and enhance classroom learning in language, art math and science from pre-school through 5th grade.  It is maintained with the help of parent volunteers and classroom teachers.  Several of the raised beds are available to view outside our school building on School Street in Santa Cruz and are enjoyed by visitors to the Mission State Park as well as neighbors.

Edible Garden at Reflections Nursery & Forest School, UK

In 2009 one of the children in pre-school asked, “Where do chips come from?” another child replied, “From McDonalds”.  This discussion went on to prompt a project about potatoes.

Following on from this project, a discussion amongst educators resulted in our decision to create part of the garden into an edible landscape where children could learn about planting, growing, harvesting and the rhythm of the seasons.

Ventura Unified School District Demostration Garden

Our demostation garden mainly serves two elementary schools and one middle school. We teach lessons in the garden that connect with Core Curriculum and emphasize health and nutrition.  We will also be conducting Garden Enhanced Nutrition Education trainings in our garden for educators.

Forget Me Not Farm Children's Services

Since its inception in 1992, Forget Me Not Farm has helped thousands of at-risk children and youth break the cycle of abuse. Located on the grounds of the Sonoma County Humane Society, the Farm offers animal-assisted and horticultural therapeutic activities that provide a haven for children, animals, and plants to interact, bond, learn and heal. As part of our programming, children and youth from the foster care system come to the farm each week and help plant, tend, and harvest food that they can bring home with them at the end of the day. 

New Horizon Peace Garden

The vision for a New Horizon School Peace Garden at its middle school campus grew out of a desire to develop a space that will enrich our students’ learning with the establishment of an environmental education program and serve as a place to sow seeds of peace and understanding through community building. The school’s diverse student body hails from all around the world including Asia, the Middle East, Europe, and the United States.

Our core goals for the Peace Garden’s 6,480 foot space are:

Alta Mesa Garden Club

Our Student Garden Club meets twice a month. We have about 50 members ranging from 1st graders to 5th graders. We have parent volunteers as well. Our club works to improve our school landscape and works in our school garden.

Classrooms can use the garden and one class does so regularly.

We also run one fund-raiser per year to fund our garden projects.

Marsh Creek School Garden

Our school garden was started a couple of years ago and has grown ever since.  The students and staff enjoy it as an outside classroom.  The 4th and 5th grade students who are in the garden club do most of the upkeep and planning for the garden.

Calpella School Garden

Calpella School Garden was established in 1999 and the beloved Grandpa Julio was the garden educator until this year when he retired and our funding for a position was eliminated.  The school garden serves over 480 students in K-4th grades.  We grow seasonal food for students to taste test.

North Bay Children's Center - Garden of Eatin' Project

In 2004, NBCC received a grant from The First 5 Marin Children & Families Commission to develop a Community Garden project so children could learn about health and nutrition through an integrated, hands-on environmental curriculum. We believe that the lessons learned in our programs can lay the foundation for a lifetime of good health. NBCC’s Garden of Eatin’ program has been recognized by the California State Legislature, Marin County Board of Supervisors and the National Garden Association as a project of exceptional community value.

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