Garden Classrooms

Mary Buren Elementary School

The goal for the Mary Buren Garden is to make it an integral part of the school community.

There are 815 students in the school. The goal is to have as many teachers use the garden as a classroom to enrich student

Mark Twain Elementary

Our garden was established many years ago but it has fallen into a state of neglect with minimal planting and limited involvement by the students. This year, with the help of our Master Gardener, we have begun to revitalize the garden. Our goal is to establish regular rotational planting of a healthy variety of edible plants in order to expose our students to the many educationally beneficial aspects of a garden. The grant will help us to buy some much needed essentials such as a wheelbarrow, a composting bin, and to upgrade our irrigation system.

Maldonado Elementary

Maldonado gardening and outdoor learning program. Organized to refine and engage in outdoor learning activities. Inspiring teachers to integrate suitabilities by use of the garden into their curriculum.

Mill Road Intermediate School

The Mill Road Garden Program seeks to create a sense of place and stewardship for our students through hands-on, experiential learning in our indoor and outdoor classrooms.

LP Quinn Elementary

The students in my elementary self-contained special education classroom will be replanting a school garden for a variety of reasons: to watch how a seed grows into a vegetable, fruit, or flower; learn about healthy eating habits; learn responsibility for taking care of a garden; work on math (measuring, counting, sorting) and science skills; work with members of the high school's Green Team and other community members; use the compost materials from cafeteria wastes; and, eventually, contribute to the local food pantry and school cafeteria (regulations being considered).

Lovell Elementary

I work in a multi-cultural Title 1 school, and I believe that the establishment of a garden at this school will provide educational opportunities as well as bring our students to accomplish a common goal. Maintaining and caring for the garden will reward the students with vegetables to share with their families and other students in need.

I am a mentor to five students and wanted to have a special project to work on together with them and that is why I came up with the idea to create The Mentor Garden at Lovell Elementary.

Longleaf Elementary School

Longleaf Elementary School has a husband and wife team that spearheads our garden program. Theresa McLaughlin is our 5th grade Math teacher and her husband Robert is a retired civil servant who is a Master Gardener. We intend to create a sustainable garden program which serves our students, their parents and surrounding community. We have developed a master plan that incorporates our entire campus.

Little Harbour School

Our goals for this garden have been and continue to be to supplement fresh produce to the school cafeteria, provide students with a learning environment and make the garden self sustaining. Our garden was established in 2010 with the help of a $4000 grant that we received. We were able to build the 10 raised beds along with installing a fence and purchasing the soil, seeds and plants. Since that time we have enlisted the help of the students to sow, water and plant the seeds necessary for the plants in the garden.

Lander Valley High School

A grant of this size will ensure the future of the garden in tangible ways. First, we plan to use the grant to help pay for an automated watering system, tied in to the football field's watering system. We should also build a fence in our little corner in order to have a completely enclosed garden space. Critters are abundant around here.

Lancaster Public School

The Lancaster Public School Garden encourages students and Malton residents of all ages to get their hands in the dirt and participate in community development and increased community health through food growing. The garden is a shared space for local schools and community volunteers to learn from each other and grow healthy food. Food that is grown in the school garden will be used for educative cooking lessons or donated to a local food bank, demonstrating the ability of volunteers to give back to the community.

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