Garden Classrooms

Blackshear Elementary School

The goals of Blackshear Bridge and the Campus Green Team are: Empower and inspire students to learn through play-based discovery in the school garden and grounds and on field trips; Increase nutritional intake in our students who are 97% on the free and reduced lunch program; Empower students to collaborate with each other in feeding themselves through learning organic vegetable, fruit, and herb gardening and soon, egg production; Provide Curriculum Road Map-aligned lessons to help teachers increase time teaching outdoors; Go beyond the School Garden by following AISD

Explorer Elementary Charter School

While our garden program has been strong since 2007, every passing year shows that our infrastructure -- long, untreated wood raised beds and pvc bubblers -- is aging and that elements need to be replaced. Having a strong infrastructure allows teachers and the garden coordinator the freedom and support to develop creative programming in the garden, knowing that the materials, tools, and structure are there to support whatever projects they can dream up.

Ray Graham Training Center High School

Our school has just started an agriculture program, and the grant will make it possible for us to train our students so that they may eventually be able to find lifelong employment in gardening or horticultural areas. Most of our students are low income, and they often live in apartments with no outdoor space available.

Harvie Elementary School

Identifying a growing need for our students

Eastside Memorial High School

The goal of our garden project is to link students with their physical and natural world, and promote food security and environmental education. We want to beautify our garden grounds and make it inviting for Eastside students as a productive garden and outdoor learning space.

McKinley Elementary School

Our first goal is to get every child in the garden every year. As of now, 1/3 of the classrooms are actively utilizing the garden, and we'd like to see that participation rate increase dramatically so that every student is getting an opportunity to understand where their food comes from. To do so, we'll be looking to increase our garden space by adding garden beds in the current location and installing garden beds closer to the Kindergarten and Pre-School area.

Clara Byrd Baker Elementary School

Clara Byrd Baker Elementary School is located in Williamsburg, Va with a current enrollment of 500 students.The school

Richmond Technical Center

The goal of this garden is to provide healthy and nutritious produce to students, staff, business and community partners of the school. This produce will be sold to benefit the students in the program and given to them to supplement their nutritional needs. Also, students will increase their knowledge of agricultural produce. Our food supply is becoming more localized due to high transportation costs and this grant will help the students participate in the local market.

Brazos Elementary

The main goal for this grant is to reinforce the vocabulary and concepts taught in Science, Health, and Social Studies with hands on activities and real life application. Students will learn first hand about how decomposers can break down plant materials into nutrient rich compost. They will also experience and document the life cycles of flowering plants, beneficial insects, and possibly birds. Students will

Jefferson Elementary School

2013-14 is proving to be a year of metamorphoses for Jefferson. The building is undergoing significant construction to expand the school and the garden has been blocked off as a result. Historically, due to federal funding requirements, Jefferson students have never had the same gardening and cooking education that their peers enjoy at surrounding schools. In 2012-13, Jefferson's principal and parents rallied around these two obstacles. First, we obtained funding from Lowe

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