Garden Classrooms

Fircom Farm

A rural farm located at Fircom, a retreat centre, outdoor school, wedding venue and summer camp on Gambier Island, BC.

Participants get their hands in the dirt to learn all aspects of gardening and wholesome food preparation.
 

The Spiderweb Food Garden

The Spiderweb Garden, our organic food garden, was started 6 years ago by parents Wanda Georgis and Edna Ruiz. Our Greening Committee, now 12 dedicated Withrow School parents, has the support of teachers, students, Care Taking staff, Principal and Vice​- Principal.

The Carrot Academy

The Carrot Academy is an initiative to offer alternative classroom like experiences to youth at our LOVE Building facility. A traditional Academy event allows children to go out into the garden and work with plants, weed and harvest, compost and plant. They then take some of  their bounty into the kitchen, prepare their meal and sit down and talk about a topic related to their self sufficiency, self esteem and sustainable food systems. Then they wash up and put their dishes away.

Springhouse Green

 The reinvention of our food system is now part of the national dialogue with employers, employees, and communities at large looking to positively affect today’s concerns about escalating health care costs, food security and nutrition, personal and family health, community development, and “carbon footprint.” Springhouse Green offers simple solutions for greening corporate and community spaces with vegetable garden buildouts, nutrition counseling, lunch-and-learn workshops, garden maintenance services, and LEED applications.

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