Garden Classrooms

Evergreen Community Charter School, Community and Student Supported Agriculture Project

Evergreen Community Charter School is a K-8 Expeditionary Learning public charter in Asheville, North Carolina, in the heart of the Blue Ridge Mountains.  Evergreen's Community and Student Supported Agriculture Project is an effort to transform our curriculum and community by growing more food, feeding more people, and enjoying the flavors and community of our vibrant local foods economy.

Atlanta Neighborhood Charter School

Atlanta Neighborhood Charter School (ANCS) is a part of Atlanta Public Schools, and serves a diverse community of K-8 students from the Grant Park, Ormewood Park, and Summerhill neighborhoods in Southeast Atlanta.  ANCS emphasizes a project-based curriculum in an inclusive, vibrant, interdisciplinary learning community for students of all backgrounds.

Genesis Community Garden

The program began as a school garden for my special education students located in alternative program.  I joined up with a community agency to write grants to build a greenhouse in order to raise seedlings for the community gardens in our county.  We had a set back last year and are currently planning to provide seedlings for 18 community gardens and re-establish our school garden too. 

Consumer Economics and Workforce Readiness

We are just getting off the ground this year.   Ag Department, Family and Consumer scicnes Department, Business Department, Health Education and Special Education all wokring together on this project.  Have a greenhouse which will serve for our starting garden then plan to move outdoors with many plants, berry garden and edible flowers.  Our Food Services director is always assiting and is willing buy products from our garden to be used in the school cafeteria. 

 

Medrano Community Garden

The students at Medrano Elementary benefit most from the hands-on learning opportunities and exposure to healthy food and fitness choices offered by the school garden. Through sensory observations and inquiry-driven methods, math, science, and other subjects come alive in the outdoors. As a result, students develop content knowledge and learning strategies for the long-term, helping them achieve far more than just passing scores on standardized tests.

Amana Academy Learning Garden

Amana Academy was founded on the principles of stewardship and trust.  In fact, the name Amana means " a trust that must be nurtured and guarded" in Arabic. Our students are taught responsibility for themselves, their community, and the natural world.  We do this through what we call Expeditionary STEM - an integrated approach to delivering advanced academics while at the same time seeking to solve real-world problems - usually through a lens of environmental stewardship or social justice.

Aprende Grows

Aprende Grows is an after-school gardening club that empowers students who want to design, build, plant, harvest, and sustain an on-campus garden. Our initial goal was to build a functional garden. During our first year as a club, we were able to map out a blueprint for fourteen 4x4 planter boxes. From there, we installed a watering system and built the planter boxes. Year two, our goal swiched to researching our environment and determining what seeds to plant. It was a year of trial and error as we worked through various issues that came up as we put the garden to use for the first time.

Marist School Organic Garden

An organic school garden started in 2008 by the students, faculty, staff, alumni, and parents of Marist School in Atlanta, Ga.

Martha's Vineyard Island Educators

We are a group of educators, cafeteria managers and farmers working together on the Island of Martha's Vineyard, to bring garden education into every classroom.

Richmond High School Urban Agriculture

We are an underfunded high school program teaching our students about growing food locally, sustainability, health, and mindfulness.

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