Upper Elementary

SEEDS

SEEDS is a nonprofit organization in Northeast Central Durham with a 2-acre urban garden and kitchen classroom. We aspire to develop the capacity of young people through growing, cooking and sharing food. We promote the principles of responsbility, environmental stewardship, community, equity, problem-solving, teamwork, leadership, sustainability, experiential learning through seeds-to-feast, educational programming for young people who attend primary and secondary schools.

Hydro Harvest Farms School Gardens

Hydro Harvest Farms has been building Hydroponic School Gardens for more than 6 years. We work side by side with the teachers and students in building, planting, growing and tending the garden. We are a continual source of information related to the Hydroponic Garden and Integrated Pest Management. Our gardens are so easy to take care of. They are automatic, accessible, take up very little space and use very little water and electricity. We are Approved vendors for Manatee, Hillsborough, Polk, Pasco and Pinellas School Districts.

Edible Schoolyard-Orlando Junior Academy

Orlando Junior Academy is a Christian, Seventh-day Adventist school located in the neighborhood of College Park in Orlando, Florida.  Our school garden's purpose is to extend the students' curriculum beyond the classroom to the outdoors where the natural world becomes the textbook.  Our nutritional science lab also challenges the typical classroom setting by integrating math and science into the cultural appreciation of nutritious and delicious food. These venues provide our students with experiences that are inspiring and engaging, experiences that require critical thinking skills, discipl

Nature Nuts

Multiple learning gardens, including organic vegetable garden. Students have access during school day, recessess, after school and summer camp programs.

Zach Pine Nature Sculpture

I'm an environmental artist using create-with-nature activities to connect people with each other and the environment.

Common Threads Farm

 Common Threads Farm promotes Seed to Table education in Bellingham, Washington, through a School Garden Collective and a 2 acre urban farm site.  Children are served with in-school garden educators and garden clubs, as well as through summer programs and after school programs at the urban farm site.

Maharishi School Garden of Bliss

The Edible Schoolyard Program at Maharishi School in Fairfield, Iowa, enriches the education of our students by introducing them to gardening, composting, seed saving and the tasting of new vegetables and herbs. Our facilities include a large greenhouse, butterfly garden, courtyard orchard and a Nature Explore classroom. This year, we added an outdoor garden to help supply our newly completed teaching kitchen with fresh produce.

Our garden

 Our school garden. 

School Garden and Culture Exchange with Ethiopian Schools--Join in!

Hello,
Thanks for your interest in the school garden and culture exchange program with Ethiopian schools! I’m working with a teacher in Ethiopia to pair American classrooms and Ethiopian classrooms. We have the goal of facilitating a cultural exchange between American and Ethiopian youth, using school gardens as the starting point.

Organic Paradise

A school-to-table organic lab and art garden in it's fourth planting cycle, the Organic Paradise garden is 100 x 50' and located adjacent to a rural k-12 school in western Nevada. Students are learning about organic, biodynamic best practices, and are slowly impacting traditional agro-chemical use in our community with a vibrant alternative. We'll soon install glass mosaic concrete benches, stepping stones, and signage in the garden.

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