Garden Classrooms

Sarah Moore Green Elementary School

Imagine learning good nutrition habits by raising plants that Native Americans, early colonists, or early settlers in what is now Tennessee may have raised. By raising heirloom varieties of fruits and vegetables is a growing set of "theme gardens", students at Sarah Moore Greene Elementary will combine science, history, and health education. This grant will make it possible to launch this long-term project by allowing an initial theme garden on colonial foods to be planted.

This program is supported by TENNESSEE ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION ASSOCIATION.

Agua Fria Elementary

The goal of this garden is to provide a venue in which students may engage as stewards helping to restore habitat, build soil and mitigate climate change impacts. With the integration of multi-disciplinary curriculum focused on expanding ecological awareness, we hope to inspire a greater love and appreciation for nature. By providing a context of sustainable relationship with our bioregion in subjects such as hydrology, climate, biology, and ethnobotany, the garden will enable students to become more environmentally responsible global citizens.

Thomas Edison Language Institute

We have ongoing relationships with Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, Rotary Club, and Arden Manor Parks and Rec District. We recruit volunteers from the organizations with whom we have an ongoing relationship. Our school campus is located next to Soil Born Farm, giving easy access to people with knowledge in organic farming techniques. Anissa Perrou, garden coordinator, grew up farming and did extensive gardening during her time in the Peace Corps. We are installing an irrigation system for the garden area. Our garden is located on campus; we have a storage shed.

Bates Elementary School

When nearly 56% of students in Salem are only getting vegetables 2 or fewer times a week, there is a problem and we must do something to correct this. A school garden started at Bates and expanded as part of the MIM program to all schools in the city will be a critical element to increasing the consumption of fruits and vegetables by all children, kindergarten to college.

Whited Douglas Elementary

School gardens are a wonderful way to use the schoolyard as a classroom, reconnect students with the natural world and the true source of their food, and teach them valuable gardening and agriculture concepts and skills that integrate with several subjects, such as math, science, art, health and physical education, and social studies, as well as several educational goals, including personal and social responsibility.

C. B. Sabbath

The goals of the C. B. Sabbath Community Garden include educating the students about how food is produced, where it comes from, and how we can create healthier alternatives for community. Lessons for these goals will be presented across the curriculum.

Additionally, creating and managing the garden will serve an effective form of project-based learning.

Rio Vista Middle School

At this time our Middle School consists of a beautiful school building with a large baseball/soccer field and basketball courts. What our school lacks at this time is greenery. The perimeter of the school has trees and flowers planted by the City of Oxnard, but once you step foot inside the campus it becomes a different story. Our quad area has had some new trees planted, but they are rather young and small. There are no flowers or plants growing alongside the sidewalks and grass.

Rick Hansen Public School

What is unique about our initiative is that our sister school is also in the process of creating a garden. Together, our plan is to build positive connections with both community members and our environment. Our school is situated in a fast growing suburban area and it is very multicultural. This year, our new community has also been separated by school boundaries. These gardens will be a vehicle to establish positive community ties. Our second goal stems from the fact that our neighborhood has farmer

Smithfield High School Fruit For Though program

There are four major goals for the the Smithfield High School Edible Forest Garden. 1) A built in research element provides long term interactive educational opportunities - There is so much that we need to know about Edible Forest Gardens and so much learning they can offer over their lifespans. Similar gardens at CCRI and URI make a bridge to higher education. 2) Aesthetically Pleasing gardens entice students and visitors into a studious atmosphere. -We want it to be beautiful, and have all the major elements and concepts clearly labeled.

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