Garden Classrooms

Through growing, processing, cooking, eating, studying, talking and thinking about food, students develop skills, knowledge and behavior that enrich their academic and nonacademic lives, bolster their growth as individuals and in relationships, and cultivate meaningful engagements with their own health, the health of their communities and health of the planet.

Enka kitchen was set up in 2020 to introduce students to a multidisciplinary class where food is used as a lens and an invitation to read the world around them. We want to creatively develop skills and knowledge required to improve or strengthen healthy eating habits. Running parallel with our Enka garden, set up a few years ago, students are provided with interactive learning opportunities and experiences that have food at its center.

The Edible Schoolyard is dedicated to connecting young people with food, nature and each other. Through hands-on educational experiences, participants journey from ‘farm to fork’, developing new skills and behaviours that transform our relationship to what’s on our plate. Fun weekly sessions include composting, growing, harvesting, crafting, processing, cooking, talking and eating together. Each programme will culminate in children hosting their own supper club for their families – transforming the farm into a pop-up restaurant for the evening!

Killip Elementary School Garden and Garden Classroom which is found in Sunnyside neighborhood of Flagstaff covers slightly less than 5000 square feet and is divided in four parts. There is the main vegetable and herb garden, a learning garden dedicated to the first-grade science units, a commercially certified garden that provides food directly for our cafeteria and a native plants area specializing in Flagstaff’s unique flora.