Garden Classrooms

Monterey High School

1. The students of Monterey High School who participate in Garden Club strive to produce organic and sustainable foods. Our goal is to raise awareness and consciousness about where food comes from amongst our peers, families, and teachers. We also hope to create unity and foster a more nurturing community in our high school by providing opportunity through weekly meetings and weekly Garden Days. Students who participate in Garden Club are also very passionate about the plummeting bee populations and wish to plant native plant species that attract local bees.

Gibsonburg High School

Our goal is to grow enough produce so that we have fruits and vegetables available to share with the student body. We currently only have two above ground beds, which is not enough. If we had appropriate funds, we could build more beds and in turn have more produce so that vegetables were available for students at no cost to them. Currently, we only produce enough for those students involved in the garden to take home and share with their family. We would like to extend this to ALL students!

Rock Solid Refuge

Our garden is a very valuable resource to Rock Solid Refuge. It will be used to educate our students on healthy living and nutrition. It will also provide valuable work experience for students and is a vital source to providing nutritious meals year round within our program.

St. Pius X

The primary goal of our garden is to give our students the hands-on opportunity to learn, not only about how vegetables grow, but to give them the opportunity to work together as a class and understand how we have fresh produce. Our program to create and provide healthy snacks for the entire school and staff lends itself to sustaining our garden. It helps us focus on the importance of nutrition from a young age and steer their eating habits in the right direction. We want the children and parents to have a personal commitment to our garden and its success.

Sherman School of Excellence

The Sherman School of Excellence School Garden Project seeks to achieve the following overall goals: - Increase student knowledge of where their food comes. - Majority of participating students will exhibit a positive attitude towards healthy foods. - Build leadership and teamwork amongst students through ownership of the school garden. - Involve parents through the design and upkeep of the garden. A grant from the Whole Kids Foundation will support improvements to the Sherman School of Excellence property and create an outdoor learning space where students and parents can get involved.

The Pennsylvania School for the Deaf

From Tray to Table is a multi-grade comprehensive project that will be run by Deaf students with autism and other developmental disabilities at the Pennsylvania School for the Deaf in Philadelphia PA. In this age of childhood obesity, everyone is involved in conversations focused on how we as a nation can get our children to eat healthier foods. Habits of eating fast food developed in childhood of many adults are being passed down to their children.

Bamfield Community School

The Bamfield community school would like to establish a greenhouse for growing vegetables for the students during the school year. Harvested produce will be used for the school lunch program and the community food bank. The garden will also be used as a learning tool and integrated into the school curriculum. Community members will benefit by joining in on gardening event days and as a site for gardening workshops. This addition to the school and community is highly desired in a location that must transport fresh food from a town that is a four hour ferry ride away.

Larry Guinn Special Programs Ctr.

Larry Guinn Special Programs serves at risk High School students within the Plano district. Many of our students have never interacted with nature and do not have an understanding of what whole foods are nor what it takes to bring food to the table. We have a twofold objective with our garden: First, teach students the basics of how to grow edible plants for food and their benefits. Benefits can include lower grocery bills, higher nutritional content due to freshness, exercise by tending the garden, and a sense of well being and satisfaction from working.

Semillas para una Nueva Humanidad

Currently we have a small garden where we plant vegetables that we use in the production of our school organic vegetarian lunch. We would like to build more gardens so we can produce 100% of the vegetables consumed in our school lunch and snacks. Sustainability is a strong focus of our school. For us is important to prepare our students for the future, teaching them to grow their own food given food safety and at the same time do workshops for the community on how to build their own gardens at home or business.

Steelton Highspire High School

The goal of the program is to help participating students become leaders in environmental and nutritional awareness and community service. The garden is where this development occurs. The goal of the garden is to increase productivity through environmentally conscious and creative projects. The garden's products are more environmentally aware youth primarily, and flowers, fruits and vegetables in conjunction. Our approach to achieving these goals is via the use of volunteers.

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