Garden Classrooms

Kolter Elementary School

Kolter's garden is part of our outdoor learning center. The primary goal of the garden is to get students excited about growing their own food. We believe that people who are better informed as to how their food is grown are better prepared to make healthy choices as to what fuels their body. Our hope is that getting these students involved and invested at an early age will create a lifelong habit of healthy living. Additionally, we have learned that kids who have participated in the gardening process are more likely to try new foods.

Blair Middle and High School

The goals of our garden are multi-faceted. First, we have a Culinary Arts and Hospitality Pathway Academy for High Schoolth grade students at Blair School. Our parent volunteer will be working with the lead teacher in the academy to plan, plant and harvest edibles the students can then use in their recipes for the weekly meals served on campus through their organization, "Longboat Cafe." Our campus has a school-wide "Wellness Council" being spearheaded by our Physical Education Department Chair.

Lakeside Elementary School

Our overall purpose is to develop healthy living habits among Plummer-Worley School District students while improving food security. Our goal is to instill a value of growing and eating fresh fruits and vegetables among the youth and enhance place-based science learning. The garden at Lakeside Elementary School (LES) provides a space for students to get their hands dirty while learning about the following topics:
1. plant lifecycles
2. starting seeds
3. planting a garden
4. harvesting fruits and vegetables
5. food production and preparation

Broward Children's Center North

This grant will make it possible for us to create a Horticultural Therapy program and Sensory Garden for our K-12 program which will enhance learning, and improve cognitive and social development for our children with disabilities. This project will be incorporated into our lesson plans and the children will learn about flowers, vegetables and herbs, how they grow, and will experience sensory integration.

Lincoln Elementary

Our garden will serve as an integral part of our Kindergarten, Lower Elementary, Health, Science, and Social Studies curriculum.
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Oak Hill Elementary

Oak Hill Elementary is a Title I, turnaround, and full-service school. We are unique among Title I schools in that our partnership with both Westside Full Service and Team Up allow us to provide our children and their families with all the services they need beyond the academic realm. A school garden will allow us to host after school programs for the families we service focused on healthy eating and home gardening. Additionally, our school serves many special needs children in our six self-contained Communication and Social Skills classrooms.

Chester Goodridge Elementary School

We want a working science garden where all students at Goodridge Elementary School can discover the flora and fauna of the area in addition to the soil and climate needed to grow them. Students will also become acquainted with the plants indigenous to the area as well as how these plants can sustain life. Students will be hands on in the planting, care and utilization of the vegetation including the contribution of fresh vegetables to the Backpack Buddies Program at our school which provides weekend meals to our students who suffer from food instability.

Urban Ventures

We have been gifted with a greenhouse. It will be moved from its' existing site to our campus, and put to use growing fresh produce and herbs for use in our kitchen, with students and families to learn more about nutritious eating as well as for our Learning Lab students to learn the science of plant life and growth. This grant will provide seed, pots, and tools for 95 students to be hands-on in the greenhouse, year-round.

McKinley Elementary School

Our goal for the garden is to install and maintain a garden that provides our students and their families with extraordinary opportunities to learn about gardening, science, and nutrition. We want our garden to be an outdoor classroom where teachers and students learn about plants and health, in an engaging and hands on way. Our goal is for teachers to use the garden to teach exciting lessons to their classes, and to use the food the students grow to get them excited about healthy nutrition.

Old Mill School

Our school garden is just getting started. Kandee Adams, school principal is very much in support of the garden. The two garden coordinators have received approval and support from several of the other teachers, the PTA, our community partner, Green Jeans Garden Supply and the school community. We are excited to get the garden growing! Many active parents have expressed interest in helping the garden become a success and symbol of school unity.

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