Upper Elementary

Benjamin Harrison Elementary

Our garden will increase students’ knowledge about food and nutrition and provide leadership opportunities as they plan, plant, and care for the garden. This grant will allow us to build on the success of the previous year’s garden by expanding our garden space to provide more gardening opportunities to a larger number of students. Our current garden has two raised beds where three families planted and maintained summer vegetable and herb gardens. Rearranging the space and adding 10 additional beds will provide more gardening space.

Hilliard Elementary School

The goal of our garden is to provide the opportunity for our students and staff to celebrate learn how nature works and the countless ways our systems interact with each other through the structures and practices of food, health and community. Our goal is to plant and cultivate healthy foods that would supplement our school cafeteria as well as our community food kitchen. Our students will learn better ways to eat "real" and choose a healthier, safer diet.

Dr. John Winslow

The goal of our school garden in to involve the school staff, students, their families and our community by providing an opportunity for all to participate in the care of this garden over school brakes and the summer months. We plan on incorporating a school garden into an existing free area in which a butterfly garden is already located.
Our school has a varied population. Some students come from a downtown town area with very little free space to plant a garden, and some come from a less dense area with families who do have gardens and farms.

Orlando Day School

Orlando Day School and Orlando Day Nursery Association, Inc. (ODN) are located in Parramore, a local food desert with three homeless shelters and a number of weekly rental hotels used by homeless families. Most of our school age children are homeless. Their main sources for food are the 7-11 and Burger King within walking distance of our school. ODN seeks to help these children develop a love for vegetables and fresh fruit while showing them and their families that these items can be grown to supplement their diets. Our school garden is planted each fall and spring by the children.

Urban Garden Montessori

The goal of our garden program is to provide healthy food for our lunch program, and connect our students and school community to their food. In 2011, 30% of Arkansas children were considered overweight or obese, and our state had the third highest obesity rate in the nation. We believe that by connecting children to their food, we are taking an important step to improving those numbers.

Shiloh Academy

Our primary goal is to create a garden that provides healthy fruit and veggies for our kids while teaching them the values of hard work, treating the earth with respect and the responsibility it requires to maintain a garden. This school garden grant will provide the opportunity for our students to learn about what fruits and veggies grow well in our climate, experience the joy of eating food they've grown and the chance to connect with community members who will participate in helping our kids with the garden.

Bozman Intermediate

We believe this grant will allow our students many opportunities that they might not be able to find in the classroom. First, we know our students will benefit from the social skills and behaviors required to interact with other students on a team. A garden will provide our students with the chance to work together to solve problems and generate ideas for a common goal.

Hathaway-Sycamores School

The Garden Program will teach youth to grow and prepare their own food while promoting healthy eating habits. The gardens will improve the overall health of the children and youth we serve by providing access to fresh vegetables, engaging them in physical activity, as well as teaching them about nutrition and healthy eating habits. The youth in our school are from urban areas that have had limited access to open spaces and the ability to garden.

Our Lady of Mount Carmel

The goals of our school garden are to provide our students with the experience of planning, creating, planting, maintaining and harvesting their own vegetables as well provide them a “real life” activity to learn and practice science, health and mathematics skills and concepts. The grant will also provide an opportunity to involve members of the community through garden volunteers.

Grace School

Grace Lower School is committed to providing our students with an enriching, hands-on learning environment. A school garden will give our students opportunities for first-hand experiences, observation and experimentation. The goal for our Grace Lower School garden is to empower our second graders with the knowledge and values to make food choices that are healthy for them, their community and the environment. We hope to develop in our students a sense of curiosity, the ability to work together as a team to complete a task, and a desire to share the fruits of their labor.

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