Garden Classrooms

The Garden of Possibilities

The large, organic edible garden at Carthay Environmental Studies Magnet school is the lab in which all science education is supported for students grades pre-k throught 5th. The Carthay garden includes chickens, raised beds, citus and stone fruit orchards, a tropical garden, aquaponics, BioSCAN insect population study site, habitat and wildlife study gardens.

Nokomis Elementary School

Nokomis Community Garden serves the adjacent Head Start program and elementary school of 380 students. The 2013 - 2014 academic term marks a point of transition from state funding (Nutrition Network for Healthy California) to federal/private funding for our program (FoodCorps). FoodCorps service member Keegan Niland facilitates garden/nutrition lessons for grades 1 - 5 both in-school and afterschool. Students, staff, and Keegan are collaborating this school year to care for the garden, promote healthy choices, and involve more volunteers.

Manor School

Oak Manor Elementary School Garden was the first school garden in the Ukiah Unified School District.  It has undergone some changes over the past 20+ years and it is thriving and growing for students to experience the abundance of good real food!

Harvest Middle School

Harvest Middle School opened in 2004 with one fenced in area designated for gardening.  Soon after we have wrote a grant for materials to create raised garden beds, and enlisted a former student from the high school to help build the boxes.  The garden and several surrounding areas on campus were maintained by a small group of students and two teachers during a 30 minute time slot for several years.  Then the class became an enrichment or elective option and things began to blossom.  When the class became a full block period class, students planted every available space on

The Garden Project of Southwest Colorado

The Garden Project of Southwest Colorado’s mission is to grow a healthier community through the development and support of youth and community garden programs that promote health and wellness, environmental stewardship and a sustainable local food system. We envision a thriving healthy community, where people are connected to their land, their food and each other through gardens.

DeLaveaga Elementary School Life Lab Garden

We are a school garden that serves the entire school T-K to 5th grade every year. We primarily focus on standards-based science, environmental, and gardening education.

 

Ocean Shore School Garden

EAT is the Environmental Action Team. Our mission is to support Ocean Shore School's environmental education and activities, ranging from recycling, composting, and air quality, to landscaping and the organic school garden. We support the school with monthly Planting, Pickup and Picnic days that maintain the outdoor landscaping and gardens, as well as Green School initiatives to promote alternative transportation and waste reduction.

Brittan Acres BUGS (Better Understanding Garden Science)

Better Understanding Garden Science is unique to Brittan Acres.  Built from scratch by BA parents starting in the late 1990's it's designed to provide a hands on learning experience for the kids while being extremely easy and convenient for volunteers to present and lead.

Wildwood Garden Education

Myself and four other college students from The University of Kansas are stablishing a kitchen garden at Wildwood Outdoor Education Camp. Our garden will be a classroom to teach the campers about self-sustaining gardening and better eating habits. Our goals are to provide an outdoor garden classroom to instill gardening principles in kids at a young age. We are currently in the beginning stages of our project. We intend to have our garden constructed and planted by the end of March. After this step we will create a program to teach the counselors and campers about gardening techniques. 

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