Academic Classrooms

Worthington Hooker School Gardens

The Worthington Hooker School Garden Project has several parts. We have two school sites, the K-2 grades on a tight urban lot, and 3-8 grades on several acres with ample planting space. This school year, at request of teachers and school admin, and with support of community partners, we launched both the Edible Gardens and Schoolyard Habitat programs. Starting with 4 raised beds at each site, the edible gardens will be added to each year.

Dillard Academy Student Garden Project

 The Dillard Academy garden is a place for students, their families and the community to enrich their minds and nourish their bodies.  The garden was started in 2007 by Ms. Cheryl Alston, with Wayne Food Initiative.  Wayne Food Initiative is a "...community-based local food systems initiative.

Harvesting Healthy Youth

Harvesting Healthy Youth is a school gardening and nutrition program offered to third-grade classrooms throughout the county. During the 15-week program, students plant a vegetable garden and participate in a variety of hands-on gardening and nutrition activities. The program engages students with fun and tasty activities, while teaching core learning objectives in math, science, language, and social studies.

Montessori Children's House of Lenawee

Hello!  I am the Executive Director of Montessori Children's House of Lenawee, a non-profit, private Montessori school.  I have recently come across some information about your organization and because one of our goals is to be fully gardening at our school, I am very interested to know more!

Valmonte School (Valmonte Early Learning Academy & Sunrise Preschool)

The Valmonte Children’s Garden is a pesticide-free zone of fruits, vegetables, flowers, herbs, worm and composting bins, a National Wildlife Federation Certified Wildlife Habitat™ for birds and butterflies as well as a sensory garden, all of which will be planted, maintained and harvested with the assistance of our students, teachers, parents and community volunteers. 

The McGillis School

Our goal is to ensure longevity of the garden and foster integration with school curriculum. The grant would support acquisition of: 1) tools and tool storage; and 2) materials for indoor and winter growing. Currently working in the garden requires tools from elsewhere reducing the ease with which teachers and classes can engage with the garden. With our short growing season curriculum integration requires materials that integrate indoor and winter growing with the garden.

Silver Spur Elementary

Edible Education program for PreK - 5.  Garden Docent and Garden Teacher lead lesson for every class.  Weekly rotations by grade level.  Teaching standards based lessons in the Outdoor Classroom.  

Kalispell Public Schools, District No. 5 Flathead County

Kalispell Public Schools and FoodCorps Montana have partnered since 2011 in an effort to connect the approximately 6,000 students in District 5 with real food so they can grow up healthy. We work to achieve this goal through classroom nutrition lessons, garden-based education, and by building a Food Service Program centered on local procurement and healthy, from-scratch cooking.

District 5 currently hosts seven edible gardens and an orchard. Over the next few growing seasons, as the gardens expand, we hope to incorporate more of the harvest into the breakfast and lunch menu. 

Riverside Brookfield High School

Our school garden is nicknamed, The End Zone Garden, because it is located next to the high school's football field. This high visability location has encouraged community participation and this summer we will be working with local Girl Scout Troops, parents and teachers to mantain the garden. The produce is used within the school cafeteria and our students and teachers use the garden as a learning lab in Science, Math, English, Art, Foods and Nutrition, World Languages and Special Education.

Richfield Middle School

Our primary goal for the garden is to provide an outdoor classroom for students to study science (seed life cycles sun pattern tracking) math (spacing timing) health (eating fruits and vegetables) and to provide inspiration for art and journaling. The garden also provides students with job skills and leadership opportunities and increases physical activity during classes. Finally the garden increases parent and community involvement and positive interactions among staff and students.

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