Upper Elementary

Paularino Elementary

We have developed and sustained a delightful and thriving little school farm for the past 8 years. Currently, we care for 10 healthy fruit trees, 8 raised beds, and 3 tubs of berries. Students maintain the garden by digging, preparing the soil, planting, and harvesting. Science and nutrition lessons, aligned to our science standards and health and wellness curricula, are conducted in the garden with K-6 grade students at least 3 times a month.

Wakanda Elementary

We have just started a school garden at Wakanda and our pleased to already have excellent buy-in from our principal, groundskeeper, teachers, and PTO. At this point, we have built and filled raised beds, but have several outstanding needs: repair of an existing greenhouse, construction of a deer fence, pavement of the area around a wheelchair-accessible bed, and purchase of garden tools and grow lights.

Gault Street Elementary School

This grant will provide the opportunity for children to build healthy eating habits by connecting in meaningful ways with their food. Many of the children that will be involved are low-income and lack experience gardening or growing food, and have limited access to high quality produce. With an edible garden, our school will be able to create an environment that promotes well-being and provides nutrition education through hands-on learning. Students will learn how to grow their own food, as well as the environmental and economic benefits of sustainable community agriculture.

Great River School

We currently have a garden that we want to expand to include more fruit and vegetables. We want to add a natural berry "fence" to give protection from the street. This would include blueberries and raspberries. We would also add raised garden beds for a strawberry patch. We would plan three columnar apple trees along the east side of the garden as a cover from the back/walking path. We plan to add several more raised garden beds that would house lettuce, spinach and kale. There would also be a root vegetable area with beets, carrots, potatoes and turnips.

Laytonsville Elementary School

Our garden's goal is to grow salad mix, fresh herbs, and spring and fall veggies on an annual basis. We hope to provide every classroom with a salad party over the spring and fall growing seasons. We are excited to include all grades in our project, including our School Community Based Classrooms: School Community-based Program (SCB) services are designed for students with severe or profound intellectual disabilities and/or multiple disabilities.

John A. Bishop PTO

The goal of the Bishop School Garden project is to create an outdoor garden for student learning that will enhance the curriculum and strengthen the school community's capacity to connect to the natural world. We look to create opportunities for the children to discover fresh food and make healthier food choices, while offering a dynamic environment for students to engage with subject matters such as earth science, garden math, reading, nutrition and health, local and colonial history, social studies, and outdoor art.

Monroe School

We have a beautiful and well used vegetable garden at the school.

Loxley Elementary School

The students, family, and teachers of Loxley Elementary School are EXCITED about our new “outdoor learning lab” (a.k.a. garden)! Just last month (September 2014), we constructed and planted a dozen raised beds where our students learn first-hand about science, mathematics, and nutrition. The vegetables and fruits produced in our garden will be shared with our school’s low-income children and families via our "backpack program". (For a number of years, our school has distributed weekend meals to needy students.

Northwood Hills Elementary

Northwood Hills Elementary would like to create an outdoor learning garden for our students, staff, and community because we appreciate that what we feed our children, coupled with what we teach them about food, shapes how they learn, how they grow and how long they will live. We also acknowledge that 23% of all American children face food insecurity, and according to studies, only 2% of children eat enough fresh fruits and vegetables. At Northwood Hills, 61% of our students qualify for free lunch, and may face food insecurity or limited access to fresh fruit and vegetables at home.

Clearmont Elementary School

We are a PBIS school and we encourage community involvment for our staff, students and parents. Our goal would be to incorporate 21st Centruy Learning with the use of our tablets and chrome books. We would partner with our teams at Clearmont for all students to have access and learn about the growth cycles, incorporate learning into Science and Social Studies as well as be able to observe the product produced.

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