Garden Classrooms

The Rice School

The habitat is envisioned as a place for students to interact with nature and learn in the process. In a busy urban city the opportunity for students to learn naturally is limited. This is intensified by the fact that as a magnet school, all of the students spend a portion of the day being transported to and from the school. Many come from neighborhoods that prevent them from getting outside and playing after school.

THE GREEN SCHOOL OF BALTIMORE

Since moving into our new school building three years ago, we have been in the process of developing our schoolyard to support the school's mission of improving student achievement and increasing stewardship for the environment through experiential environmental education. This work has resulted in the creation of two garden areas - our Organic Teaching Garden and our Pollinator Garden, both of which serve as outdoor classrooms and support our Investigations curriculum.

Needham Elementary School

The main feature of this project is the construction of a solar-heated greenhouse that will grow vegetables and other plants year-round at Needham Elementary School in Durango, CO. The greenhouse is a 25

Ketchum-Grande Memorial School

A main goal of the garden project is to cultivate community and tolerance in our school and help our students embrace diversity. We also wish to help students become more informed consumers. Many of the students at our school come from homes with weak family guidance and limited exposure to nutritional food choices. Students will learn about the health benefits of including more fruits and vegetable in their diets. They will also discover that fresh fruits and vegetables taste good and make them feel better.

Toronto District Christian School

After partnering with Seeds For Change back in 2013, Toronto District Christian High School is once again working with the organization to extend its community garden. A group of students from the school's environmental class have taken on the project by installing four new garden beds to make a total of seven. These beds will produce fruits, vegetables, and herbs for the school's cafeteria. A portion of the harvest will also be donated to various causes around the community, including the local food bank and Vaughn Hospice.

Haines Borough School

Three and a half years ago, in response to a community desire to compost school lunch scraps, the Takshanuk Watershed Council (TWC) began the Starvin

Flaherty Elementary School

School teachers will incorporate local farming & foods into the 2nd grade study of plants & Native American history. A butterfly garden will also be planted to show the interdependency of insect and plant lifecycles on early & modern farming practices. Student harvested vegetables will be provided to classes & community organizations to promote public and environmental stewardship.

Sunrise Educational Society/Sunrise Waldorf School

GOAL: To further develop the school garden and nuture awareness and connection to nature in students through exposure to organic and biodynamic gardening methods, sustainability, conservation, and harvesting produce. OBJECTIVES: To incorporate aspects of gardening and healthy eating into every grade. To develop ways/means to use the produce. To sustain the garden through organic and biodynamic methods. To develop awareness of conservation of water, seeds, and the soil.

Sunnyside Elementary School

Over the last few years, with help from school and neighborhood volunteers, Sunnyside has created several garden spaces, including planter boxes for each classroom on the blacktop, and greened space along the perimeter of the school. Last year, the addition of a paid garden educator allowed Sunnyside to take its program to the next level academically by developing and teaching a curriculum that includes nutrition, biology, math and social science.

Samuel Yellin School

Our main goal is to create an outdoor garden that will have the necessary tools to maintain our garden space. Our overall goal is a multi-step plan that will benefit the students at Samuel Yellin School for generations. This grant will expand the self-sustaining garden that we have started. In the future, we would like to expand the garden space so that multiple classes and members of the community will be able to benefit from the garden.

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