Upper Elementary

Austin Discovery School

We began a small garden when we started our school in 2005. Since then we have developed an entire eco-wellness program that is now part of our core curriculum. We use this garden, in tandem with our composting system and chicken coop, to teach our students a holistic approach not only to science, but to everyday life. Each of our grade levels are responsible for maintaining portions of the garden for the school year as part of the learning process.

Autism Treatment Center

The goal of the Horticulture Program at (ATC) is to provide children and young adults with autism training opportunities to increase independence and quality of life. The program is designed for children to plant, cultivate, and deliver herbs, vegetables, and fruits to community partners.

Produce from the organic garden will primarily be used by the Tiger Caf

All Saints' Day School

The All Saints' Organic Garden is a cross-curricular outdoor classroom that provides each grade with the opportunity to learn about the interconnections of nature and help each student find their place in the natural world. 

Planning and caring for the garden provides children with the  basic knowledge they need to become stewards of a living system that needs their care. 

Barcroft Elementary School

Barcroft Elementary, a Da Vinci school, is dedicated to creating lifelong learners with exceptional health and nutrition habits. Your grant will enable our students to grow food for two annual events: Farm-to-Table week, when local chefs and farmers serve healthy snacks and share their passion for food; and the First Grade Thanksgiving Feast, where first graders and their parents try typical American Thanksgiving fare, often for the first time. With a new large, raised planting bed, our students will plant, tend, and serve their own vegetables during Farm-to-Table Week.

Owl Creek

Apple Seeds, Inc. upholds a mission to provide education and tools to enhance local food systems and support better nutrition for folks in Northwest Arkansas. Since 2009, we have been a school garden leader within the Fayetteville Public School District (FPSD). We currently support three school gardens and will begin supporting a fourth in Spring 2013.

Leverett Elementary

Apple Seeds, Inc. upholds a mission to provide education and tools to enhance local food systems and support better nutrition for folks in Northwest Arkansas. Since 2009, we have been a school garden leader within the Fayetteville Public School District (FPSD). We currently support three school gardens and will begin supporting a fourth in Spring 2013.

Stehlik Intermediate School

This garden grant will teach the special needs students at Stehlik Intermediate, that there are cycles to everyday living. With the funds we receive, we will buy the supplies needed to start our garden as well as supplemental teaching materials to further educate the students in horticulture. The garden will also help students learn about the food chain, photosynthesis and the environment, in addition to teaching them about empathy for living things.

The Agnon School

Recent data suggests that today

Yonkers Public School 29

My goal as parent is to give our children the experience to grow a garden as a group. It will enable our students to grow as individuals and establish better eating habits. Overweight and bad eating habits is an epidemic, children do not realize where healthy food comes from.

Xavier Elementary

Our garden goal is to educate students about healthy lifestyle choices and encourage them to make healthier choices in their everyday lives. Various garden produce gives students an opportunity to taste a wider variety of fruits and vegetables. The garden will also enable us to teach environmental awareness and sustainability practices through hands-on activities. This grant will help us maintain the garden by funding the creation of an efficient watering system.

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