Garden Classrooms

Benchmark Elementary School

The goal of the Benchmark School Garden is to revitalize the aging Garden with a new watering system, removable shade structures, and even add additional beds to the area in order to increase produce levels. In addition, the kids are hoping to set aside area for "pollinator plants" as the students are very aware of why pollinators are so vital to our food supply since the addition of the amazing honey bee observation hive in the Living Science Building next to the Garden. The school would utilize the grant funds as a catalyst for more community and family focused programs in the Garden.

Eastdale Collegiate Institute

FoodShare has successfully transformed a 16,000sq ft school rooftop at Eastdale CI into a vibrant, living educational farm called the School Grown Rooftop. The Rooftop features over 450 edible planters, 100 mushroom logs, a dwarf fruiting orchard, and greenhouse, providing an opportunity to awaken the senses of students from JK – Gr 12 with fragrant aromas and fresh flavours direct from the garden. We need your help revitalizing the adjacent School Grown Classroom into a welcoming space that will inspire learners of all ages with the joys of harvesting, cooking and tasting.

Edison Elementary

The Schoolhouse Garden is a collaboration between the University of Oregon’s Service-Learning Program and Edison Elementary School. These entities, along with other community partners, utilize this space as an outdoor classroom for Upper Elementary students as well as college undergraduates. With helpful instruction from a local landscape architect and organic gardening expert, students learn about food insecurity in their community, health and nutrition, as well as the overarching subject of sustainable food production.

Woodward School for Technology & Research

Fair Food Matters' Growing Matters Garden provides garden-based, hands-on learning opportunities for local youth by supporting and coordinating garden activities at Woodward School for Research and Technology (WSTaR). With areas for vegetables, herbs, strawberries, and edible flowers, over 300 students are involved with the school garden each year. An extension of the classroom, we work closely with teachers to align garden lessons with state standards in science, math, and language arts.

La Tercera Elementary

La Tercera Elementary is the first STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) focused elementary school in Sonoma County. Our garden will be an integral component of STEM learning for all of our students. The ultimate goal of our garden is to create an awareness for our students in the importance of healthy eating. The garden will provide opportunities for students to be involved in the developing and maintaining of garden beds. Last year, Sonoma County Master Gardeners provided us with a worm bin which will continue to be utilized this year.

William Davies Middle School

Our garden's overarching goal is to continue to expand our reach in addressing the food needs of our community. Our specific goal with this grant is to improve our composting program at our school site and reduce waste. We will incorporate the need for composting into our school curriculum in all subject areas and promote home composting and raised bed gardens by presenting school garden tours and workshops for our community.

Parker-Bennett-Curry Elementary School

The garden presents a unique and excellent opportunity to elementary school children to learn firsthand the value of plants and the importance of nature in an increasingly technology driven society. The intent is to allow children to have fun and enjoy the experience of being outdoors while learning different aspects of gardening. They will learn about the fundamental importance of growing food. The goal for the garden is to enable the students to engage in hands-on-learning, where students will plant, raise and harvest the vegetables/fruits when ready serving as an outdoor classroom.

Focus Learning Academy of N. Columbus K-8

Our school's garden will serve two functions. First we will use it to teach our students aquaponics techniques that they can use to grow food with very little water waste. These are skills they can use in real life application when they travel home to Africa to help grow food for everyone. Secondly they will be able to produce fresh vegetables that they can eat and share with their families. We are always actively trying to educate the community on how to make healthier food choices. Our school garden would be a great example of how to live a healthier lifestyle

Bayview Public School

It is the goal of the school council and the staff at Bayview Public School to create an edible garden on our school grounds. We believe there is no better way for children to learn than through hands-on experiences. This grant will allow us to build raised garden beds filled with fruits, vegetables, herbs and edible flowers. The garden will teach the children where their food comes from and the importance of environmental stewardship and healthy eating.

Hope Sp Ed Center (Hope High School)

The goal of Hope High's garden revitalization project is to transform the current Hope Garden into a sustainable working garden which will continue to produce food, curriculum and arts materials for a collaborative multi-discipline nutrition, agricultural, horticultural therapy, and arts infused program which began in the Winter quarter 2014.

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