Garden Classrooms

Doss Elementary

We believe that when students play an active role in growing food, they are more likely to try new foods; encouraging healthy choices and an increased awareness of where their food comes from. The mission of our project is to take an older, disused existing garden space adjacent to our playground and turn it once again into a place where students can learn about plants, gardening, the environment and the food we eat. Having a functional and beautiful edible garden will not only provide our school with a teaching opportunity in and of itself, but also a resource for other programs.

Josiah Quincy Elementary School

The Whole Kids Foundation Grant will provide a variety of educational opportunities to our Josiah Quincy School (JQS) Community that would not otherwise be possible. While JQS is fortunate to currently have a rooftop garden on site, we have minimal resources to maintain and make improvements to this area. If awarded the grant, JQS will create an improved interactive learning environment where students, staff and community members will be invited to observe, experiment, interact, and experience hands on learning.

Swainsboro Primary School

We have had our gardens for many years however funding has run out for addition seeds, tools, soil, plants and other consumables that we need to continue our outdoor education. Our school has doubled in the past year. With that increase funding is more crucial than ever so that we may continue our gardening. Although we live in a rural area, many of our students have no idea where their food actually comes from. Our goal is to teach where the food comes from, how it is grown and how they can grow at home with their families.

chartiers valley primary school

Our goal is to have a beautiful functioning garden for all of our 780 Kindergarten through 2nd grade students to enjoy! Many of our children do not have gardens and we want to share the excitement of growing and eating fresh vegetables and fruits. We want our young students to take pride in their very own garden by planting, weeding and picking the products. Our students will step off of their school bus and into a beautiful landscaped scene! Our garden will be a way for students to learn and connect with the natural world. Most of our almost 800 students know nothing of outdoor gardens.

Learning Gate Community School

One of the goals of Learning Gate Community School's Seed to Soup Organic Garden is to enrich academic instruction by integrating gardening throughout the curriculum. By tending the garden on a weekly basis, students from kindergarten through 8th grade are actively involved in the entire garden cycle, including: planning, opening, cultivating the soil, maintaining compost, planting and harvesting vegetables and herbs.

Potomack Intermediate School

Potomack Intermediate is located in a rural community with many of agricultural ties and careers in farming. Many of the teachers at Potomack Intermediate have background experience with Future Farmers of America, 4H, STEM garden based learning, and other agricultural education organizations. The goal of this school garden is to promote career based experiences and to connect curriculum instruction to the community and economy of the area. The garden will also help to increase hands on learning experiences, cross curricular instruction, and differentiated instruction.

Cypress Elementary

For many children, their experience with food is limited to that which comes from a can or a box. They have never seen a carrot growing in the dirt, watched lettuce sprout, or picked a pea from a vine. We want to change this at Cypress Elementary. We want our kiddos to get their fingers in the dirt! Our Healthy Lifestyles committee is planning a veggie/herb garden to complement the herb/butterfly garden we installed in the Spring.

Plymouth Creek Elementary School

Our garden was built in the spring of 2014 and has quickly become a focal point for our school. The 9 raised beds have provided unique hands-on learning activities for over 750 students and staff. It has become so popular that we have more demand than planting space! By expanding the garden, we can offer more learning opportunities to our school community. Greater space will also allow for a larger harvest so that we can donate surplus produce to a local food shelf, allowing students to experience the reward of helping those in need in our community.

Feldwood Elementary

The main goal of creating an “Outdoor Geo-Classroom” is to provide nature-related learning that develops observation and problem-solving skills, science and math abilities, imagination, creativity, and collaboration between students, teachers, and stakeholders ensuring lifelong learning and student achievement.

Moulton Elementary

Our goal is to implement an active garden that offers Upper Elementary a raised bed to grow plants to enhance their understanding of where food comes from and how it is grown. The teachers can extend classrooms and meet common core standards with hands on lessons in the garden. Worm bins, composting and rain barrels will be implemented to highlight the efficiency and sustainability of the environment. Students, staff and the community can enjoy the harvest and volunteer in the garden.

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