Garden Classrooms

St. Anthony of Padua Catholic School

Learning and growing are the twin goals of the St. Anthony of Padua Gardening project. It is a healthy, open-air activity that teaches children how to prepare soil, plant, weed, maintain and harvest fresh vegetables. With support from The WholeKids Foundation, we want to buy seeds, plants, pots,mulch and equipment, as well as creating a simple outdoor classroom and buying some books on gardening and nature.

The project is off to a great start, and it is supported by other programs that involve nutrition and wellness.

Stanford Montessori

School staff have identified many Tennessee Common Core State Standards (CCSS) that can be addressed through The Children

Santa Rosa Charter School

Our garden goal is "grow and share the bounty!" The grant would cover costs of new quality tools such as shovels, rakes, pruners etc...Supply a variety of organic seeds and plants plus soil and amendments. It would greatly help expand our worm composting program, providing boxes and covers for our worms, the compost is waste from the cafeteria. We could start our chicken program and enclosure. These two programs will provide greater success for our ongoing fundraising farmers markets and sales of garden produce to our school community.

Southwest Elementary School

Our school could benefit in many ways from a garden. The children at Southwest are mostly inner city children, with little experience of nature and gardens. In fact, they are terrified of bugs and start off the year disgusted by the compost bin I put outside my classroom! As part of our health and fitness initiative, we are starting to make some exciting changes. Our cafeteria is serving healthier choices, and we have implemented a healthy snack policy. We have increased the amount of time the children spend weekly doing physical activity.

Southside Family Charter School

Southside Family Charter School's goal is to maintain and expand our strong garden program!  For three years we have been fortunate to have a thriving school garden, thanks to teachers, administrative, parent, volunteer and community support. The garden is an integral tool for our students and we use it to enhance reading, social studies, science, and the food program.

Southold Elementary School

The Southold Garden Project supports the cultivation of a school garden for the betterment of our school, our community, and most importantly, our children. Creating and maintaining a school garden improves both health and education. The garden helps teach kids to make better choices about food and enables the school to provide better food options in the cafeteria. The garden creates an outside space for hands-on, practical study of science, math, literature, business, industrial technology, home economics, art and design.

Soquel Elementary School

Soquel Elementary School has an on-going garden that we would like to supply with vegetable and fruit seedlings and seeds, year round, to allow this area of our school to flourish. We would like to continue to educate our students on the life cycle of plants, sustainable living, composting and learning to eat a rainbow of fruits and vegetables. Currently our garden is in need of replacing gopher wire under our garden plots, fixing our watering system so that each box is equally watered, and fortifying each plot with fresh, amended soil to allow our little garden to flourish.

George Washington Carver Elementary School

Our goal is to teach our students about healthier foods, and how to make better choices. By having the students participate, we hope they become excited about what they are growing. Our school is the largest

Olympic High School

Not only will the garden beautify the school

Washington Elementary

In its first year, the Washington Elementary garden produced 80 pounds of food. Now an established garden with 2,000 square feet of productive space and a small greenhouse, our goal is to bring its productivity up to the level of some of our other gardens that produce 300-800 pounds of fresh food. In the process of tending and harvesting this garden, our students will learn self-sufficient and sustainable food production, eat a variety of new and different vegetables, and receive lessons in meal planning, nutrition, and food preservation.

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