Academic Classrooms

The Bella Garden Project

The Bella Garden Project surrounds itself in a learning experience for the students with a project-based concept.  The understanding of growing food from seed, health, wellness, teamwork, ownership, and the empowerment to become environmental stewards of our land encompass our educational experience in a Montessori learning institution.

Manor School

Oak Manor Elementary School Garden was the first school garden in the Ukiah Unified School District.  It has undergone some changes over the past 20+ years and it is thriving and growing for students to experience the abundance of good real food!

Harvest Middle School

Harvest Middle School opened in 2004 with one fenced in area designated for gardening.  Soon after we have wrote a grant for materials to create raised garden beds, and enlisted a former student from the high school to help build the boxes.  The garden and several surrounding areas on campus were maintained by a small group of students and two teachers during a 30 minute time slot for several years.  Then the class became an enrichment or elective option and things began to blossom.  When the class became a full block period class, students planted every available space on

Ocean Shore School Garden

EAT is the Environmental Action Team. Our mission is to support Ocean Shore School's environmental education and activities, ranging from recycling, composting, and air quality, to landscaping and the organic school garden. We support the school with monthly Planting, Pickup and Picnic days that maintain the outdoor landscaping and gardens, as well as Green School initiatives to promote alternative transportation and waste reduction.

Malama Kauai School Garden Network

Founded in 2006, Malama Kaua’i is a community-based, 501(c)3 nonprofit organization that focuses on advocating, educating, and driving action towards a sustainable Kaua’i. We consider the interrelatedness of all issues and the need for a holistic approach, with a focus on three primary areas:

‘Aina.  We are rooted in the core value of aloha ‘aina (love and connection to the land). We create solutions that foster sustainability and work in harmony with nature while producing abundant, healthy and local food.

Cesar Chavez Middle School Garden Project

Established in 2009, our garden is a living laboratory that’s utilized to reinforce Common Core Standards, including science, math, history, and language arts while also providing an engaging environment to participate in the cycle of growing food.  The garden consists of a diverse array of fruits and vegetables. We focus on varieties of fruits and vegetables that are not only nutritious but historically and culturally significant, from heirloom beans, maize, quinoa, amaranth, and winter squash in the summer, to fava beans, wheat, kale, broccoli, and potatoes in the cooler months.

The Friendship Garden

     More than a decade ago, The Friendship Garden began in an empty,  littered lot. It now hosts apple  and plum trees,  12 raised garden beds, raspberries  and an outdoor learning space for class lessons. Children in grades pre-k to 5th grade, learn about all aspects of gardening from seed  to plant. 

Hastings Middle School Garden

The Hastings Middle School garden program has been created to serve the students of Hastings Middle School and the community of Hastings.  All are welcome to participate in the work, play, and great food.  Thank you Hastings for all you have done to support this program!

Summer Meetings Times - 5:30  to 7:30 on Monday nights (May - Freeze).  

The "Heart and Soil Garden" at St. Robert School.

We are builidng a garden on asphalt to be integrated with not only core curriculum but the school kitchen as well.  Progress is slow due to funding  but the school parents and local residents are becoming involved and excited about edible gardening on their own.

Frank Zeek Elementary Garden

Frank Zeek Elementary School Garden is a great place to grow!  Started in 1998 with a small "Garden in Every School" grant, it has grown into a full sized school garden.  We grow seasonal crops and eat everything we grow!

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