Garden Classrooms

MDPS

It takes a village to raise respectable, ambitious, intelligent, generous and well-rounded children. Public school educators are a huge part of this village, who need to be nimble in providing access to these fundamentals both in a traditional classroom environment and in a more organic setting. Having an edible schoolyard is a key variable in this equation.

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Sunshine Garden

The Sunshine Garden broke ground in June 2009. With funding from First 5 Sierra mini-grants, this garden has taken shape over the years. Money from these grants has paid for lumber, soil, a picket fence, a student bench, seeds, a tool shed, and tools. Currently, there are 6, 4x12 raised beds. The Sierra Kids Child Development Center cares for students 2 years old and up. This center also offers preschool. The preschool teachers frequently integrate the garden into their curriculum plans. ALL children explore, maintain and harvest the garden frequently.

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Keiki Kitchen Kauai

Our Motto: Grow, Cook, Eat, Enjoy

Our Purpose: Teaching the youth of Hawaii how to grow, cook, eat and enjoy sustainable foods grown on our islands through education.

Why should we teach kids about cooking?

Fight against obesity! In the US and Europe, obesity among children has become problematic, even being called an obesity epidemic by some. Teaching children to cook encompasses such vital information as nutritional content, food preparation, and calorie information.

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Talpunanchicñam

TALPUNANCHIÑAM is a program that addresses the loss of connection to the knowledge and application of traditional agricultural practices and diversity of native seeds and crops as well as foods, food systems and diet by teaching the importance of growing your own food through school, home and community gardens.

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B.A.G.G. The edible.urban garden from seed thru kitchen

We are Brooklyn Apple Garden Group. A community based organization started by two sisters concern about the downward decline in their neighborhood. These concerns included food justice issues and health and wellness issues, neglect and the insurgent of gentrification and its impact on communities of color. We are introducing healthier lifestyles at the most optimal point of entry: the future (of change) - the children.

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Anacostia High School Garden Club

We are a club at Anacostia High School (a Title I public school school) that meets weekly to provide an after school activity and volunteer opportunities for students. Our students are brilliant, strong young individuals that learn best through hands-on, project-based learning. Every student we work with has a disability that requires they learn in a self-contained setting, and these students have faced many hardships throughout their short lives.

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Loyalton Learning Garden

With funding from The Sierra Schools Foundation and the Sierra County Office of Education we were able to build an amazing garden complex at Loyalton Elementary School. We have a large greenhouse, 15 raised beds and outdoor classroom areas. Since the fall of 2014 all K-6 and a handful of Continuation School (9-12) students have participated in weekly gardening classes from August – November and March – June. All students participate in planting seeds, nurturing seedlings, transplanting, harvesting veggies, harvesting seeds and flowers, putting the garden to bed for winter, composting, re

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Dexter Farm to School

To address the needs of student heath and wellness within the Dexter community and connect students to local food and agriculture, The Dexter Farm to School Program was established in 2013. The mission of DFtS is to cultivate improvements in personal and community wellness through making meaningful connections between students, food and local agriculture. To fulfill this mission statement, the DFtS program includes farm visits, farmer in the classroom presentations, classroom instruction, garden instruction, and cafeteria servings.

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Osborn Elementary School Garden, Rye, NY

The Osborn Elementary School Garden is a school garden and outdoor classrom serving children in grades K-5. Garden-based lessons are held in the garden. In addition, a lunch-time garden club maintains the garden.