Academic Classrooms

At Riffa Views International School, the school garden is incorporated into the daily school curriculum via a garden coordinator.  Participation in the garden is voluntary and many teachers are eager to have their classes involved.  All the fruits,vegetables, herbs and flowers in the garden came from a seed that a child in the school planted.  Our orchard is supported by the Ministry of Agriculture, who donate their experitise in grafting, air-layering, and practical advice.  The school's compost pit is fueled by the vegetable and fruit waste created in the school's cafeteria and from child

We are a High School micro-farm that grows and sells tomatoes, lettuce, sweet potatoes, and herbs to teachers and the community.  We also pride ourselves in building school gardens for other neighboring schools.

Red Hook Playgroup (RHP) is a progressive preschool for children ages two-and-a-half to five years old. Each year at RHP we work to develop a community of learners, who are equipped at this early period of development to think creatively and critically, and to respect, support, and learn from all members of their community.

We are a residential juvenile facility with the desire to teach nutritious food choices, healthy/gourmet food preparation and hands-on planting/picking and preserving of our school greenhouse and garden.  We also teach and practice entrepreneurship lessons, including growing, preparing and selling our own hot pepper jelly, salsa and pine wreaths.  This is our first year to have a class entitled Farm to School and we are learning and working hard to create a viable program that will be helpful and useful to students in their future endeavors.