Upper Elementary

Ruby Bridges Elementary School

Ruby Bridges's garden is 6 years old. We wish to partner with CNGF/ the ELSEE model so we can effectively teach urban farming, and nutrition education in the garden. Working with CNGF/ELSEE will assure our garden's future as a eco-teaching laboratory and a source of healthy food. The lesson plans CNGF/ELSEE has developed cover the California science standards by grade and the Environmental Education Initiative that will take effect in California schools in 2014.

McKinley Elementary School

The school garden program at McKinley officially began in 2010 with the construction of raised beds and the  development of a standards based garden curriculum. Since then, the garden has served as an outdoor classroom and living laboratory for 3rd-6th grade students emphasizing science, english, nutrition, and environmental stewardship.

P.S. 152, The Dyckman Valley School

Our main goal is to increase plant-based foods in children

William Dick School

Communities In Schools of Philadelphia proposes to establish an urban garden at William Dick School. Urban gardens provide fresh produce and plants as well as satisfying labor, neighborhood improvement, sense of community and connection to the environment.

Glassel Park Elementary School

We built this garden in the spring of 2012. It includes an outdoor kitchen. The goal of this garden is to have it be the center of the existing program that teaches environmental stewardship, social awareness, wellness, nutrition and ecology. The greatest achievement in the program thus far has been getting students involved in their school garden and is an integral part of their academic curriculum. The students have been exposed to where their food comes and have been able to plant, tend to the garden and watch it grow and finally learn to make healthy food by utilizing the crops.

Delevan Drive Elementary

The original garden at Delevan Drive Elementary was meant to be a part of an old horticultural program at the school. Sadly, LAUSD eliminated various garden programs a long time ago. The unused and deteriorated nursery, chick coop, and garden shed was a gloomy sight. Last June, Enrich LA was solicited to renovate the mini farm so that it can flourish again. The school pledged $1500 and the parent group, Friends of Delevan, raised an additional $5000.

Grand View Boulevard Elementary

EnrichLA did an extreme makeover of this garden in April 2012 with the help of a Lowe's Toolbox Grant! The goal of the Grand View garden is to engage community members, students, parents, teachers in learning about gardening, environmental stewardship, nutrition, and healthy eating, including the importance of eating fresh fruits and vegetables. This grant will enable us rebuild the old tool shed and add two wooden compost bins.

This program is supported by ENRICH LA.

St. Stephen's Academy at Glade Run Lutheran Services

Glade Run Gardens serves as a therapeutic, vocational, and educational program for children throughout Western Pennsylvania. Students at St. Stephen's, Glade Run's private licensed school, participate in horticulture programming as part of their curriculum, learning about plants and the natural environment and developing a love of nature. For children in residential treatment at Glade Run for emotional health issues, the gardens serve still other purposes: horticulture therapy and a vocational program.

La Ballona Elementary

Our garden's goal is to build awareness among parents, students and staff about the wonderful garden that we have and the wonderful curriculum associated with it. We would like to increase the number of teachers who utilize the garden in teaching their lessons plans and curriculum. We want to teach our students the importance of gardening, to get students to try new vegetables and to understand what's involved in getting fresh foods from a garden or farm to our tables.

Ingenium Charter School

The garden will provide a hands-on way for students in grades kindergarten

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