Garden Classrooms

The goal of the Horticulture Program at (ATC) is to provide children and young adults with autism training opportunities to increase independence and quality of life. The program is designed for children to plant, cultivate, and deliver herbs, vegetables, and fruits to community partners.

Produce from the organic garden will primarily be used by the Tiger Caf

Barcroft Elementary, a Da Vinci school, is dedicated to creating lifelong learners with exceptional health and nutrition habits. Your grant will enable our students to grow food for two annual events: Farm-to-Table week, when local chefs and farmers serve healthy snacks and share their passion for food; and the First Grade Thanksgiving Feast, where first graders and their parents try typical American Thanksgiving fare, often for the first time. With a new large, raised planting bed, our students will plant, tend, and serve their own vegetables during Farm-to-Table Week.

Apple Seeds, Inc. upholds a mission to provide education and tools to enhance local food systems and support better nutrition for folks in Northwest Arkansas. Since 2009, we have been a school garden leader within the Fayetteville Public School District (FPSD). We currently support three school gardens and will begin supporting a fourth in Spring 2013.

This garden grant will teach the special needs students at Stehlik Intermediate, that there are cycles to everyday living. With the funds we receive, we will buy the supplies needed to start our garden as well as supplemental teaching materials to further educate the students in horticulture. The garden will also help students learn about the food chain, photosynthesis and the environment, in addition to teaching them about empathy for living things.