Garden Classrooms

Brentwood Academy

This collaborative art and ecology project is being developed in partnership with CNG, Brentwood Academy, the Cultural Kaleidoscope Program, and Castilleja School. We propose to plan an organic garden and create a green space that serves as an outdoor classroom for ecology and art education as well as a place where members of the school community can come together.

Beth Ramacher Educational Complex

The goal of our school garden is to expose our students to new adventures and new experiences. Our students have severe disabilities and some of the students are medically fragile. They do not get to experience gardens; for some they do not get to experience real fruits and vegetables. This grant will allow us to present new and exciting opportunities for our students. When they are outside our students are smiling and enjoying themselves soaking up the sun. The students love getting their hands dirty and watching the plants grow big and strong.

Beacon Hill Community School

The goal of our garden is to be able to create a fun educational environment that will allow our students to learn a skill that can be utilized during their time at Beacon Hill as well as long after they have left our school. Being that 90% of our students are Amish or strict Mennonite, we know that most of our students will work within the community that they currently live in. Most of our students will also work in trade careers such as carpentry, agriculture, or restaurant type positions.

Bailey Middle School

The goal of this grant is to create a beautiful, safe, and interesting place where students like to be and can gather. This space will be used for hosting community events, such as an annual Earth Day celebration and it will promote awareness of plants, growing food, nature and the environment. Education is supported by integrating school curricula with hands-on activities in the garden.

Austin Montessori School

Austin Montessori Gaines Creek Farm is a micro-economy and the garden is an integral part of our community and can be found throughout our curriculum. We have worms, chickens, and a thriving garden. We participate in farmers markets, making our fresh produce available to school families, and people struggling to eat healthily in food-deserts.

Receiving this grant will make it possible for us to install a several thousand gallon water tank, to collect water from all over the campus.

Arapaho Classical Magnet Elementary

Our mission is to create and support a 'fully sustainable and functional organic garden, utilized by all grades to enhance core curriculum standards and teach nutritional life skills.'

Angel Oak Elementary School

Through hands-on interaction, the CACGP teaches the growing and preparation of 'real' food as well as the science behind these processes in order to foster and set in place lifelong, healthy eating patterns and reduce the risk of health-related diseases. The CACGP

Amy Biehl Community School

The primary goal of this garden program is to create a basis for a new type of education within the school that incorporates the garden as an outdoor classroom while addressing state-wide science standards through sustainability and garden curriculum. The garden serves as a center of hands-on learning for students in the school through weekly garden classes that engage students in innovative learning practices and projects. In the winter months, the garden serves as a source of inspiration for students as they embark on creating their own school-wide sustainability initiatives.

13th Ave. Renew School

In 2010, Thirteenth Avenue School and its surrounding neighborhood were chosen to participate in the Strong Healthy Communities Initiative, as part of the Living cities Integration initiative. One of the goals of the Initiative is to transform vacant lots into safer and cleaner facilities such as community gardens. In addition, part of Thirteenth Avenue School's mission statement is "to establish home, school, and community partnerships that strive for academic excellence." This program is supported by .

Westerly High School/Tower Street School Community Center

The goal of our garden is to provide a place for learning, physical activity, and connecting to the land, to enhance the interactive/exploratory outdoor classroom shared by the community all year round, and to build a haven for delicious food that is as healthy for us as it is for the land. This grant would make it possible to purchase a greenhouse at the garden, which will extend the gardening season. This will increase learning opportunities during the school year and give us the ability to start seedlings, and serve more vegetables throughout the year.

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