Garden Classrooms

Paxson Elementary

The goal of the Paxson Outdoor Learning Center is to set public school curriculum in a beautiful, natural space where children can associate learning with real life outcomes.

This grant will make possible the expansion of key pieces of our education component, by providing needed funding for equipment to model plant growth and outfit our existing shed for vermiculture (worm composting).

Mother Caroline Academy

We will use our school garden as a classroom tool which will not only enrich our curriculum, but extend the borders of our lessons and advance our school mission and commitment to lifelong learning. This grant would expand our garden's reach to begin and implement a garden-to-table curriculum and program where we can plant, harvest and prepare vegetables from our own backyard in our school cafeteria.

Middlesboro Middle School

After participating in the care and maintenance of this garden students will demonstrate basic vegetable growing techniques, summarize the things plants need to grow and stay productive, and describe the benefits of eating a healthy and varied diet that includes adequate fruit and vegetable intake. Receiving the Whole Kids/FoodCorps grant would allow Middlesboro Middle School to purchase the tools, equipment and other materials needed to start food production in the spring of 2013.

John Marshall Metro High School

John Marshall Urban Farm is less than 2 years old, part of the new John Marshall Campus Park dedicated in 2011. With vision, planning, design, coordination and hard work it is a school wide service- learning project. During spring break ,after school, during classes and summers the farm was restored and features added. The goal and look of the garden is sustainability.

Mansfield High School

At the Mansfield School District, we strive to provide a high-quality education that will provide our students with practical skills and help them to become well-rounded individuals. Through this community garden, students will have the opportunity to learn gardening techniques while integrating math, science, and history. Students will gain an appreciation for fresh, healthy foods and learn how to grow produce at their home. Through taste tests and contributions to the community, students will have the opportunity to eat what they grow.

Live Oak School

Our garden's goal is to highlight the connections between food, health and community and deepen the relationships between each. One, through hands-on garden activities, we provide education on how to grow seasonal vegetables, herbs and fruit. Two, by showcasing innovative ways to reinvigorate the land and our valuable topsoil, using composting methods. Three, with local ingredients and a community of local youth and their families to help, we will harvest our produce and empower community members by sharing methods to prepare our seasonal bounty simply and deliciously.

Point Road School

Students, teachers, staff, PTO families, and community volunteers will transform the barren and unused areas of our school courtyard into a thriving garden with raised beds containing a rainbow of vegetables, herbs, edible flowers, and even berries.

PreK-4 students will plant and care for the garden; sample delicious, nutritious food; share fresh fare with family members (who'll be encouraged to plant seedlings at home); and donate some of our produce to an area food bank.

Linkhorn Park Elementary

Our garden will be at the certain of a diverse program including studies in sustainability, caring for the environment, health and nutrition. Students will learn problem solving skills, communication, creativity, critical thinking, social responsibility, global awareness and much more.

Lincoln Public Schools

Our Garden Project mission statement:

To create an outdoor classroom space in the form of a garden that will foster student connections to and appreciation of the natural world through hands on exploration.

To enrich and support existing K-8 curriculum across all disciplines and provide inspiration for new areas of learning.

Bronx Lighthouse College Prep Academy

The South Bronx is not a very green community. Green spaces reduce crime and increase mental health. Our communities are the highest in the city in crime, mental health disorders, teen pregnancy, and unemployment. Our students are completely capable of being an active member in improving our communities in these ways. There is a group of twenty students and teachers who already love gardening. My goal is to harness the passion of those already of the gardening mindset to spread their passion to the rest of the school.

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