Garden Classrooms

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.

Parrish Middle School

This year, our new Parrish Middle School Courtyard Garden and Edible Landscape produced 100 pounds of fresh food. Our Parrish Greenhouse Garden produced 225 pounds of food. Support from Whole Kids will provide the supplies and materials to expand this young garden that already make a significant impact on the students and their community. The garden has created a colorful, cheerful gathering space where students learn to make healthy food choices, appreciate nature, and practice sustainable and self-sufficient food production.

Cesar Chavez Elementary School

Our goal is to establish a vibrant, productive garden on the grounds of the brand-new Chavez Elementary School. The garden will produce fresh, healthy food for our students and their families while allowing us to deliver our comprehensive Learning Gardens curriculum during our afterschool program called Enrichment Academy.

Chemawa Indian School

Our goal is to establish a garden at Chemawa Indian School as a community partnership between the school, Salem-Keizer Education Foundation, and the local food bank.

The Chemawa Indian School is the oldest continuously operating boarding school in the United States and its graduates number in the thousands. Current students represent 64 tribes. The Salem Schools Foundation (dba Salem-Keizer Education Foundation) is a private nonprofit organization that funds and operates education programs to expand on classroom learning opportunities in our community's public schools.

Kate Mitchell Elementary School

Our garden aims to increase healthy food knowledge, provide a hands-on laboratory to achieve grade level expectations, and establish school gardens as a volunteer-driven asset. In a landscape dominated by industrial agriculture, we are engaging the community in building a sustainable food system that supports local producers. Our garden is entering its third growing season and is becoming integrated into the Kate Mitchell Elementary community. We want the teachers and students to feel full ownership of the space, but many of them do not have gardening backgrounds.

Kaler Elementary School

The goal of the Kaler School Community Garden is to provide fresh produce, create a connection to the environment, instill a sense of ownership and pride in students and a create a sense of community that extends well beyond the school

Lebanon High School

Our goal is to further integrate the garden into the school community through curricular connections, community service, nutritional awareness, and understanding of the food cycle.

Rhode Island School for the Deaf

The goal of our community garden at RISDeaf is to weave the garden into as many aspects of the school curriculum as we can. We want to continue to expand the integrated lessons and activities that teach the students about green, sustainable living in an urban setting. We want to teach both the sign language vocabulary and english print vocabulary that is connected with the garden in all subject areas.

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