Garden Classrooms

Carter Developmental Center

Our school is for children with severe, intensive disabilities and complex health needs. We have existing garden space, approximately 32sqft of raised planters where we grow vegetables with our students (who are involved in the planting, weeding, watering and harvest of said produce), and 100 sq ft of ground-level perennial herb gardens. Our Garden was designed to create spaces that would provide opportunity for the practice of student learning objectives, which are already occurring within the school building. It is also place of peace and beauty.

Independence High School

This garden serves to restore land to its natural, ecological state by planting native gardens found in the school's region. This teaching garden will be an instrument to teach the four pillars of learning. 1. The next generation California science standards using the FOSS method and other established STEM education methods. 2. Environmental education using the EEI curriculum. 3. Food and nutrition by hands on citizen science projects focused on garden plants that are high in nutrition and produce outstanding yields with less energy and labor to produce. 4.

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Autism is not a disability, it is a different ability.The ability to teach our students about healthy eating, and teaching them to maintain a better environment for them to live in. If our students were to be granted the opportunity to become gardeners their confidence levels, social skills and environmental awareness would grow tremendously. Additionally, being able to embrace a higher level of responsibility and for the students to build a stronger self esteem which in turn coincides with better relaxation techniques and important sensory skills.

Sunrise Middle School

In an effort to meet the students' interests, Ms.Vazquez began the Gardening Club in the last months of the last school year. This year, there has been record attendance and a desire by the students to beautify the campus. This is a student-driven club that depends on donations from the community, but seeing as how most students qualify for a free or reduced lunch, it is a challenge.

New Kent High School

It is our goal to add aquaponics to our existing horticulture program. This will add a new level of learning for our students as well as add a new production facility to our greenhouses by allowing us to add more vegetable and herb production as well as fish production.

Santiam Christian Schools

Santiam Christian's school garden is housed inside a large greenhouse and consists of eight four foot by eight foot raised garden beds. The garden's goal is to provide the JH/HS cafeteria and the elementary cafeteria with locally grown vegetables for the salad bar including lettuce, kale, carrots, peas and cucumbers. This will provide the school with a high quality product as well as provide education for the horticulture class in the raising and processing of food products.

Amelia Earnhart Elementary - Middle Scho

Amelia Earhart school believes in providing a wealth of activities that can reinforce and bring to life the concepts learned in the classroom. What better way to engage students in meaningful, relevant lessons, while still integrating manipulative, cooperative learning, and exploration and discovery, than a garden. The goals of the school garden are 3-fold. First, to teach the children concepts in science, and math while strengthening their character through teamwork, and helping shape their future through nutrition and health eating habits.

Pinedale Elementary School

Let’s Go is six week program where 20 students per term from Pinedale Elementary School participate in 2 hour bi-weekly sessions. The goals of this program are to 1) have fun with gardening, 2) learn about healthy food choices, 3) enjoy the feeling of success and ownership, 4) share harvested food with classmates and parents and 5) increase physical activity.

Belmont Elementary School

Belmont Elementary School will create an sire school garden for the purpose of providing participating students with a co-curricular activity focusing on wellness, cooking, gardening and "going green". This grant will it make it possible for us to construct a 16' X 16' raised bed garden on site for students to build, maintain and utilize produce in their newly created cooking class (90 grade 2 and grade 3 students). The students who work on this project may also be a part of our "green club" (grades 3 and 4)..

The Knowing Garden

This grant will enable our school to invest in planter boxes, tools and supplies in order to grow vegetables and herbs as part of our outdoor classroom. We see the creation of this school garden as a way to provide our students with a "living context" in which to explore, learn and grow. Founded in 2011, The Knowing Garden is an independent elementary school where students learn to learn, love and see the world through the eyes of innovators and catalysts.

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