Garden Classrooms

Green Gardener

The Green Gardener is a part-time contract supporting school and pre-school gardens across the Kapiti Coast District (21 schools and high schools, a similar number of preschools, not all of which have gardens, yet.)

Lincoln School and Community Garden

The Lincoln School and Community Garden has manifested from our dreams and vision and supported from the Whole Foods Foundation School Garden Grant.
We have taken a green space that was unused between a playground and a tennis court and have created a 10'x50' urban garden for our students, staff, and community.

Peninsula JCC Justice Garden

JUSTICE GARDEN (GAN TZEDEK)

One in four individuals in our community will be at risk of hunger—and our PJCC
will be part of the food justice equation. The mission of the PJCC’s new “Justice Garden”
is to grow organic produce to help feed local families at InnVision Shelter Network.
We will also provide social action, learning activities, educational workshops,
gardening instruction, and much more. By practicing the Jewish value of repairing
the world, tikkun olam, we will literally sow the seeds of justice for people in need.

Little Angels Country School, LLC

Little Angels Country School is a private, accredited preschool in Antioch, CA. We have over a half acre of natural environment. We have 6+ garden beds, which we garden with the students year round to teach them about where food comes from, sustainability, and preserving our environment. We partner with families, colleges as a mentor site for professional development, and other agencies  to build a sense of community, to give back, and to learn together.

JD Rivers' Children's Garden

You and your youth group are invited to come out to play, learn, and explore at the JD Rivers’ Children’s Garden! This one acre food and flower garden is nestled into Theodore Wirth Park along Glenwood Ave. It provides ample opportunity to catch frogs along Bassett’s Creek, wade in Wirth Lake, meander through the prairie to search for butterflies, and walk through Wirth woods. Youth gardeners plant, weed, water, compost, harvest, prepare, sample, and take home the garden produce like kale, basil, flowers, and tomatoes.

Delta Elementary Charter School's Learning Garden

The DECS Learning Garden gives each of our students hands-on experience in our agricultural community, while allowing teachers the opportunity to teach curriculum standards outside the four walls of the classroom.

Community School for Creative Education Gardening Program Inspired by Waldorf Education

The Community School  is the first urban multi cultural  charter in the country inspired by Waldorf education.  Following the Waldorf model, at Community School, children experience an education of head (cognitive) heart  (social emotional) and hand (sensory integration) , readying them to lead in college and in life.  The focus of this school inspired by Waldorf education is that all core content is brought through the arts and nature.    Main lessons, the first block of the day, begin with  “circle time”  of singing, recitation, kinetic mental math and other move

MHBA Living Laboratory Community Garden

Mott Hall Bridges Academy, located in Brownsville, Brooklyn, broke ground on its Community Garden in May of 2014. Raised bed gardens are being planted and there will also be a colony of bees providing honey. Scholars and school groups will be assigned plots in the garden to tend to year-round.

The garden space will be used to enrich scholars' learning experience accross curriculums including the content areas of art, science, math, and health.  In addition, the garden will be the source of nutrious fruits, vegetables, and honey for the local community.

Come Grow With Us - PASC

We are a special needs school serving learners with Autism between the ages of 4 and 21.  Our garden is being used to address vocational needs for high school students, develop leisure/recreational skills that can be shared, improve communication skills, and meet cross-curricular academic goals.

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