Garden Classrooms

Cooper Serenity Garden

We are a very new school gardening program. Our focus is on growing vegetables and herbs in raised beds around the school. The long-term goal is to get all content areas outside of the classroom to learn and engage in the environment with real world experiments and experiences.

Wilkinson School Edible Garden

Our small by-the-sea garden provides an outdoor educational experience for our preK - grade 8 students. We encompass science, art, english, maths, history, nutrition and much more in our vegetable and herb garden. Our sensory garden adds an extra element for the children. In our meditation corner we encourage peaceful minds and hearts to dwell in the garden. Here we use stories and songs to teach our students about the environment and provide a quiet reading place. 

Emerald Thumb Garden Club

The EMERALD THUMB GARDEN CLUB was created during the 2007 school year at the Lockhart Elementary School (St. Thomas, Virgin Islands). The club, maintained under Mrs. Juelis Hodge, provides students with extracurricular learning opportunities on horticulture and nutrition.  Students volunteer their time afterschool and during lunch to cultivate the garden and learn new techniques to maximizing product yield. The club is also used in behavior modification plans for some students recommended by administration.

Gahanna Learning Gardens at Jefferson Elementary

The Gahanna Learning Gardens at Jefferson Elementary is part of a community wide program. This garden location will feature artwork, as well as the artwork of students. Vegetables, sunflowers and herbs will be grown and used by students. Students are responsible for upkeep and maintnence (along with help from volunteers and the community).

Gahanna Learning Gardens at Lincoln Elementary

The Gahanna Learning Gardens at Lincoln Elementary was founded in 2013 upon the completion of restoration of a historic 1860s one-room schoolhouse on the school's property. The schoolhouse is set up inside to be period correct and students will be attending class inside on occaision. To further this living and breathing history lesson, the gardens are designed with period accurate elements. Native perennial flowers and herbs and features raised beds, vertical gardens, and hadicap accessible raised beds.

Garden Rules to Health

   Childhood obesity rates are out of control and its time for change? To combat childhood obesity, studies show that children who grow fruits or veggies, are more interested in eating them.  Eating more whole food and less processed foods combined with exercise is the path to better health and overall wellness.  A school garden supports that path to positive change in your community.  

Urban Community School

Almost 50 years ago, the Ursuline Sisters of Cleveland founded Urban Community School (UCS), a quiet gem in the heart of Cleveland’s near west side where a diverse, multilingual population of low-income students, (74 percent qualify for the Federal Food Assistance Program, with more than 2/3 of our student body qualifying for free lunch), concurrently learn academics and social justice.  Our commitment to differentiated instruction, multi-age learning, health and wellness, field trips and peace typifies our unique approach to student learning and success.

GrowLab at The Lab School of Washington

    At the Lab School we understand the connection
    between active learning and achievement inside and out of the
    classroom.  Our mission is to create a learning garden that
    serves as a tool for interdisciplinary, hands-on education, that
    also creates a much-needed connection to the environment, the
    food we eat and how our food choices impact ourselves and those
    around us.
    The Lab School of Washington is a private school for students with
    learning disabilities.  Our students require individualized

Garden to Table Trust

The Garden to Table Programme is currently implemented in 309 schools across New Zealand. 

A revolutionary approach to food education

The Orchard School - Outdoor Education

A hallmark of an Orchard education, Outdoor Education is education in, about, and for the out of doors. In an increasingly urban world, nature plays a central part in the education of the whole child. Direct experiences help students gain a deeper understanding of life around them, foster respect and an understanding of the interrelationships within the natural environment, and develop an appreciation of people's interdependence with the natural world.

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