Upper Elementary

Gayhurst Community Primary School

 At Gayhurst we currently have a garden and pond area, which is being used to grow vegatables with a range of children from different age groups across the school.

We have had some great sucesses over the pass ten years, in the development of the garden as well as highlighting the impact and benifit there is to gardening as well as learning outside in general.

 

Withrow Avenue "Spiderweb" Food Garden

The Withrow school "Spiderweb" food garden involves students from all grades - kindergarten to grade 6 - in its activities. In the spring and fall, Withrow has a School Garden Educator.  In the garden, younger students discover the garden using their five senses, planting seedlings, and going on scavenger hunts. Older students discover compost critters, pollinators, soil, invasive species, biodiversity, plant life cycles, seed saving, and get to put their math skills to use to find the perimeter and area of garden plots.

Edible Ajo Schoolyard (EASY)

Ajo Edible School Yard Program The Ajo Unified School District (AUSD) School Garden Program began in the spring of 2008 driven by the then-public health nurse Fran Driver, also an AUSD parent. The program soon partnered with Desert Senita Community Health Center (DSCHC) and grew to serve 2 Elementary Science and Math classes and 3 High School Culinary Arts Classes. In spring 2013, the AUSD and DSCHC, received a small grant that allowed DSCHC Garden Promotora, Melanie Daniel and AUSD Principle, Brian MacKenzie to attend the Edible School Yard Project training at Berkley California.

Robeson's Outback Nature Center

The Robeson Outback Nature Center includes a butterfly house, bluebird trail, nature trail, outdoor classroom, and school garden.  All of these outdoor resources are used to deliver our curriculum in a variety of fun and exciting experiences.  Not only does it instill a love of nature and the outdoors in our students, but in enables us to integrate reading, writing, and the arts with science.

Children & youths' gardening association/ Kumpula school garden/ Green Branch Youth Program

The Helsinki School Garden celebrated its 100th anniversary in 2012.  The original motivation for school gardening activities in the city  was the concern for the welfare of the working class families.

Faith and Hope primary school Gako Rwanda

 I am planning to transform unused land at the Faith and Hope school Rwanda into a productive garden that can feed the children at the school. I am looking for any advice that could help to kick start this project. This project is in the early stages of planning and the first step is a need to purchase the land around teh school to allow for development.

 

The area is in the south of Rwanda which can suffer from drought. 

First School Garden Program, Good Food Sandhills

 In 2007, NC ranked 5th in the nation for childhood obesity; where 42% of Moore County students were overweight or obese. Moore County is populated by many low-income communities struggling to access healthy food while other areas are lush with manicured lawns & golf courses. The FirstSchool Garden Program was developed in response to that growing childhood obesity crisis in Moore County.

Blake Street School Food Garden

The Blake Street School Food Garden was started in the spring of 2011, as a collaboration between the school, a community health centre and a group of parents.  The garden is primarily a school garden during the school year, and more of a community garden during the summer.  The group of parents helps maintain the garden and also has a significant role in choosing what gets planted, as they are the ones harvesting in the summer.

University of Northern Iowa Center for Energy and Environmental Education / FoodCorps

The The University of Northern Iowa's Center for Energy and Environmental Education (UNI-CEE), located in Cedar Falls, Iowa is home to a dynamic and proven local food systems working group - including Black Hawk county, and the six immediately contiguous counties. The Mission of UNI-CEE is, “to empower Iowans with the knowledge, experiences, tools, and inspiration needed to create a sustainable future for our communities.”

National Center for Appropriate Technology / FoodCorps

The National Center for Appropriate Technology (NCAT) is a national nonprofit with regional offices in six states, including Iowa. Founded in 1976, NCAT’s mission is to help people by championing small-scale, local and sustainable solutions to reduce poverty, promote healthy communities, and protect natural resources. We do this through a wide variety of renewable energy and sustainable agriculture projects, most notably ATTRA, the National Sustainable Agriculture Information Service.

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