Upper Elementary

Lillian C. Ruediger Elementary School

The goal of our garden is to introduce the students into the world of gardening. Since children are kinesthetic learners and love to play, introducing them to gardening will be a great way of increasing their physical activity, increase their knowledge of science, and allows them to be hands-on in nature. The students also get to work together in small groups, learn responsibility, and the garden allows for creativity and a sense of pride when producing fruits and vegetables that they will ultimately get to eat.

School Street School

We have eight raised garden beds. They were built with the help of a Home Depot grant and volunteers. Students have helped tend these gardens since 2008. Every May, we hold a Garden Club on Thursday afternoons from 3:00 - 4:00. Students learn about seeds, soil, worms and companion planting.

Richland Avenue Elementary

Our goal is to increase our number of planting boxes and to add additional seating and table-top working space. Richland has put outdoor gardening and garden-based learning as the focus of our educational and social mission statement. An increased planting area will help us educate each child in the life cycle of food: the planting, tending, harvesting, eating, sharing, and decomposition. An additional picnic table will provide needed seating and work space for outdoor lessons and garden-related work.

This program is supported by .

PS 133 William A. Butler School

Our school is under construction, when our school opens in 2013 we will need to move our garden from our current temporary location. All of our plants are in portable planters, which will be easy to transport and also addresses the problem of the soil in our vicinity being contaminated.

Beverly Cleary School

The goal of the gardens at Beverly Cleary School is to connect students to nature, support the learning environment of the garden, and build community. As a community we have worked hard to establish our school gardens and involve students throughout many years. As we are having success with this we need to create more spaces in the garden to accommodate all of those who are interested.

Highland Ranch Elementary School

We presented the garden project to the student council. They have written the following goal:

To create a living environment that would motivate children to learn in varied ways. To teach children about agriculture; how to handle it and be responsible for it. To provide a place that is a living science lab, that is friendly and not sterile, and that could be modified and shared with the school community.

This program is supported by .

Wendell Phillips High School

WP Veggie Farm's three main goals are:

1) To grow... organic produce for twenty families, a mix of localia (literally, people who live right next door!) as well as sponsors who live in other neighborhoods in Chicago

2) To teach... high school and elementary school students that some seeds, some soil, some camaraderie and most importantly some HARD WORK can grow into an amazing enterprise and delicious food

Penn Alexander School

We see our PAS garden as a means to build community through a common language of health and nutrition. Our school is set in a diverse cultural and socio-economic urban environment, where students and their families are invited to

Pavilion High School

The Pavilion School Community Garden Program will address New York State education standards in science, health, food and nutrition, math, technology and social studies.

Orchard Valley Waldorf School

We have both short- and long-term goals for our garden: First, our garden is for children and teachers to share the connections of the growing cycle, seasons, the food we eat, and our connection to the landscape through wise stewardship. The long-term goal is to use the school garden education program as the core of an evolving farm education program for students, families and the community at large towards sustainable biodynamic agriculture and holistic land management.

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