Garden Classrooms

East Cooper Montessori Charter School

East Cooper Montessori Carter School is preparing for some big changes in the coming year. We are in the process of relocating to a bigger building, and with the new space comes the opportunity for a bigger garden and more extensive garden curriculum. Our goal for the coming year is to get the new garden established - building out the infrastructure (raised beds, drip irrigation, and support structures) and then beginning to implement the garden curriculum that has been developed by our lead garden teacher Karen Latsbaugh.

Buttonwillow Elementary

In the spring of 2014 we began our outdoor learning classroom on a vacant lot on our school campus. With the support of parents, students, faculty, and community members we turned a vacant lot into a garden space that includes 10 raised beds and and enough space for 6 in-ground rows, each 30 feet long. We have supplied two garden sheds with tools and equipment. During the summer 9 of our teachers attended extensive workshops to develop knowledge and understanding of implementing gardening and nutrition into their classrooms.

School at St. George Place

As an International Baccalaureate school nestled in an urban environment, the School at St. George Place administration and our “Dragon” community believes an edible garden is a unique opportunity to expose students to the concepts of appreciating nature, the food derived from it, and the value of a healthy and balanced lifestyle. The ultimate goal is that these concepts resonate beyond the classrooms (math, science, art, writing, geography, PE) and spill into the students’ lives, enriching our families and the larger community.

Mamie P Whitesides Elementary

The mission of this project is to encourage the overall health and wellness of students at Whitesides Elementary School through hands-on learning experiences and to give each student an understanding of where healthy food comes from, how different crops grow, how to care for them, their nutritious value and the importance of becoming stewards of the Earth. We have would love to have these raised gardens as outdoor classrooms. These gardens would provide a wonderful opportunity for our students to work with community garden experts and volunteers in a non-threatening environment.

Kids Unlimited Academy

Kids Unlimited (KU) began in 1998 as a fledgling youth development nonprofit with the mission and purpose to empower youth to improve their lives while bettering the community. KU created a large youth development center which houses the KU Academy charter school. With the 2014-2015 school year, the charter school has full day kindergarten and grades 1-4 totaling 250 students.

Ross Park Elementary

We would like to enlarge our organic garden and use the produce for some staff and/or student lunches. We would also like to have a cooking class for students, using produce from our garden. We would also like to be able to donate some of the harvest to a local food pantry. We hope to start a composting area, where students could study soil and composting. The students also use the garden as an outdoor classroom, for a variety of activities.

Adair County Elementary School

ACES's edible garden goal is to encourage healthier eating habits in our students and their families.

hanalei Elementary School

Our goal is to provide experience and knowledge of growing plants that will be both educational and inspirational, encouraging student to promote gardening at home and to think of agriculture as an occupation. Especially we hope to strengthen Kauai's agricultural roots while providing students with healthy food that they can become excited about eating. Children are more likely to try a wider range of foods if they have grown them themselves. In so doing the children will educate and encourage their ohana's (Hawaiian for families) to grow and eat truly fresh food more consistently.

Cleveland Elementary

Obesity rates are currently on the rise in America, especially for African American and Latino individuals. With the demographics of our school being predominantly African American and Latino, our goal is to make a conscious effort to reduce this rate. One of the efforts is providing our students the access to a garden space that exposes and educates them about fresh healthy whole foods. Our goal is to increase participation in the garden program and connect our kids to food while simultaneously reinforcing and engaging participants in healthy living strategies.

Coyote Valley Elementary

The Coyote Valley Elementary School Garden is an outside life science learning lab where we grow organic food and promote our school's Wellness Policy. Children in our K-6 school learn about plants, soil, animals, and water conservation in a natural environment. Students learn how to plant, tend, and harvest crops and seeds. They have opportunities to eat the fruits of their garden endeavors in the school salad bar, the garden, and in their classrooms.

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