Upper Elementary

Elmwood Elementary School

Elmwood’s school garden will offer a dynamic setting to integrate science, math, reading, environmental studies, art, nutrition and health, while nurturing community spirit and cultural appreciation by building connections among students, teachers, families and organizations.

New Hope Elementary

Our garden helps us achieve two important goals: education and nutrition.

Beverly Farms ES

Our school is taking its initial steps in planning and designing its garden. We believe that a school garden can bring many benefits and learning opportunities to our kids and to our community.

Deerfield Park Elementary

We have had a garden for 2 years but have run out of funds. We use our garden to promote healthy eating and environmental education. We also use the garden to help students learn responsibility. The students plant, tend, water and harvest all the vegetables.
In addition we use our garden to teach life science. Classes go at scheduled times with their science journals to track progress, and learn about the process of growing plants.

Mather School

CitySprouts gardens are a vital resource for children's health and learning. When teachers bring classes to the garden, children see difficult concepts come to life in a rich sensory environment. In this way the garden promotes academic engagement across the curriculum. The garden also connects children to the food they eat and empowers them to make healthy food choices. By planting and harvesting fruits, vegetables and grains, children develop a taste and appreciation for nutritious food.

Whidby Elementary

Whidby Elementary is a health science magnet school. Gardening, nutrition,and health is part of the school culture and curriculum! Urban Harvest is partnered to help grow the school community garden and outdoor classroom. The grant would make it possible to have a greatly needed garden shed and to expand the garden! To grow the school gardens, Whidby needs adequate and secure storage for garden tools and outdoor cooking materials.

McKinley Elementary School

Our school created the “Octopus’s Garden” in 2007. We installed nine raised beds, trees, a path and a large mosaic of an Octopus that enhances the beauty of the garden.

The garden's broad mission is to help students appreciate nature and understand how food is produced. Each raised bed is reserved for a specific grade level, and one bed is earmarked for the Alchemy restaurant cooking Class. Two beds are used by the Garden Club. The garden also contributes to McKinley's zero waste program by composting the cafeteria vegetable waste.

View Ridge Elementary

The goals for our Outdoor Classroom Garden are to grow more edible plants and to integrate the garden fully into our school curriculum. Right now we have a lovely space with 6 edible containers, an ornamental area and enough seating to comfortably host an entire class. However, it can be improved by replacing some of the ornamental plantings with edibles like berries, vegetables, and herbs and increasing the number of edible planting beds.

Anne Frank Elementary

At Anne Frank Elementary, we have a diverse student population that lives in a large, urban area. All of our students receive free lunch and breakfast. Our goal for the garden is twofold. First, to provide a space for the students and their families to experience growing and eating what they have produced. Second, the garden is an extension of the classroom. We use resources that tie-in with the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) to enrich learning across all subject areas.

Frontier Elementary

The main goal of our school garden is to promote environmental awareness leading students to choose higher education and careers in environmental science and agriculture. Frontier Elementary is an approved Environmental and Animal Science CHOICE school. Our mission is to foster environmental and animal science awareness among all elementary-aged children. To achieve this mission we teach science with the approach of inquiry and discovery through investigative hands-on exploration.

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