Garden Classrooms

Greendale Elementary School

Due to economic challenges and lack of community support, our school garden hasn't been used for the last two years and needs revitalizing. In October of this year we had 30 parents and community voluteers who helped us to clean up our garden site. The garden grant will help purchase tools, lumber and plants to revitalize and redo large garden beds for better students acces; fix the fence,update existing ponds by fixing the solar pump and rain barrel system.

Garinger High School

The Urban Farm Learning Center is focused on producing fresh healthy food, teaching people to feed themselves in a sustainable way, and workforce development through targeted internships and transitional employment. The Farm is the extension of a school garden started in the 2000's by a Teach for America Service Member, and is the largest produce generator for Charlotte's Meals on Wheels organization, with over 90 gardens in the network and counting.

W.T.Cooke Elementary School

Our main focus will be on sustainability through gardening, reducing, reusing, and recycling. Students will get to experience the pleasures of planning, growing, and consuming their own fresh vegetables and of producing, through the work of their own hands, food for others. They will also begin to understand the possibilities of recycling by transforming things that were considered trash into usable objects and valuable compost. We will make it a goal this year to use recycled or reclaimed items where ever possible.

Gibson Caldwell Elementary

Our after school garden club goals are for our kids to learn about basic gardening and nutrition, to conserve natural resources, practice ecology, experience the concept of community gardening and to take pride showing others their great work in the gardens. The after school gardening program will assist 80 children in improving their science scores as demonstrated by MAP and STARR standardized tests. Students as well as the community will benefit from organic gardening.

Ferry Pass Elementary School

Our goal is to teach positive nutrition habits through our school garden program. Numerous studies have shown that school garden programs can improve students' attitudes towards fruits and vegetables. The students will learn responsibility, leadership, team building, life science, problem solving skills, math skills, pride, confidence and self esteem.

Forestville Union School District

Our goal is to provide a garden experience that encourages and allows students and the school community to work together to create an outdoor learning adventure that grows good scholars, leaders, friends, and stewards of the earth! Children who use organizational and math skills to plan what to plant, and how to do it, become better scholars. Children who take on leadership responsibilities, such as teaching a group of younger students what a Three-Sisters garden is and how to plant one, practice leadership skills.

Forest Hills Elementary School

The first goal is to teach our 3-12 year-olds environmental awareness. We hope to teach our children to live a more sustainable life by learning how to care for an edible, sensory garden as we make connections to our STEM (Science Technology Engineering, and Math) curriculum. The edible, sensory garden will provide a school-wide, interactive activity that is on-going and meaningful for all students. Students will take ownership over the garden as they each take a part during the developmental and maintenance process.

Dailey Elementary Charter School

We aim to create an outdoor classroom where students can connect the International Baccalaureate (IB) Program

Roaring Fork High School

Goals: teach youth how to grow food, prepare it, eat well & carry this knowledge home to their families to improve health; create a model project environmental for our high altitude region to grow food year round with a low carbon footprint; provide food to high school lunch program; & create a collaborative, hands-on education model to spread this education to all ages. In 2013 the college will use our orchard to teach Sustainable Agriculture and create a forest garden permaculture model.

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