Garden Classrooms

Marsh Creek School Garden

Our school garden was started a couple of years ago and has grown ever since.  The students and staff enjoy it as an outside classroom.  The 4th and 5th grade students who are in the garden club do most of the upkeep and planning for the garden.

Calpella School Garden

Calpella School Garden was established in 1999 and the beloved Grandpa Julio was the garden educator until this year when he retired and our funding for a position was eliminated.  The school garden serves over 480 students in K-4th grades.  We grow seasonal food for students to taste test.

Havens School

 Elementary school garden

North Bay Children's Center - Garden of Eatin' Project

In 2004, NBCC received a grant from The First 5 Marin Children & Families Commission to develop a Community Garden project so children could learn about health and nutrition through an integrated, hands-on environmental curriculum. We believe that the lessons learned in our programs can lay the foundation for a lifetime of good health. NBCC’s Garden of Eatin’ program has been recognized by the California State Legislature, Marin County Board of Supervisors and the National Garden Association as a project of exceptional community value.

Rancho El Chorro Outdoor School

Tucked away in the hills above San Luis Obispo is Rancho El Chorro Outdoor School, a natural preserve, a school campus, and an extraordinary learning resource. Here, on 250 protected acres, students literally reach out and touch the natural world and explore their place within it. Rancho El Chorro Outdoor School provides hands-on learning opportunities for students to study science and ecology in a natural setting. It is outdoor education at its very best and we have been providing it for over 40 years.

CommunityGrows

Our mission is to cultivate healthy youth through growing gardens in diverse, low-income communities.

Great Oak High School Garden

 We are a club based school garden program with raised beds, fruit trees, native plants and benches and tables.  

Marquez Charter School Edible Garden

The Edible Garden Program at Marquez Charter strives to show children where their food comes from and encourages them to eat more healthy food. 

We have a Seed to Table approach where children plant, grow and then eat what they grow. Students taste from the garden whether it be chives, tomatoes, mint, arugula, lettuce or strawberry guavas, as well as cook such recipes such as salsa, pesto, or succotash.  

Prairie Garden

Gardens have been a part of our district's history from the beginning. Interested teachers, staff, and parents have volunteered time, funds, and expertise in keeping a garden active at both Prairie School and Pacheco School. Last year, Prairie School had an After-School Science Club that planted happy sunflowers and various vegetables. Pacheco had a beautiful area of native and non-native flowers thanks to it's students.

St. Catherine School Garden

We have an area of 50' x 100' of raised beds and open areas, including several fruit trees. Teachers work with our Garden Coordinator to plan lessons that tie in with classroom curriculum. Food from the garden is used for classroom activities and some is given to our onsite food bank.

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