Garden Classrooms

Pre-K 4 SA

The City of San Antonio Early Childhood Education Municipal Development Corporation has kicked off its new Pre-K 4 SA program to provide free pre-k education to eligible 4 year olds in the San Antonio area. As a part of the program, the City of San Antonio contracted with Selrico Services to provide the food service (breakfast, lunch and snacks) to the schools. The meals receive reimbursement through the Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) under the USDA.

FEAST Asheville, Inc.

FEAST Asheville promotes healthy eating choices and makes them accessible to people of all income levels through hands on cooking and garden education that encourage and empower participants by teaching skills needed to make wholesome and tasty food.

FEAST classes focus on:

  • Problem solving, communication and teamwork

  • Connection to fresh, locally grown produce

  • Gaining confidence by exploring different ways to prepare fresh produce

  • Creating and changing recipes, substituting ingredients

Lenox Hill Neighborhood House

 Sustainably progressive non-for-profit organization, sourcing local, organic, sustainable for shelter, day care, senior centers. Have a rooftop garden, interested in turning it into an educational source for outside class sessions.

Windham Raymond School District

Each school (6) in our district have Gardens that the student's planted. We serve the fresh garden vegetable for our school lunch and on our salad bars. 

We have nutrition education classes, where our nutrition and wellness coordinator goes into classrooms to interact with students and teach lessons on nutrition and food.

We are also starting a cooking club for students of all ages this fall to get involved. We will have taste tests to have the students more involved in what goes on the menu.

Napa Valley Montessori

 The Napa Valley Montessori school has just started it's first year of lower elementary education.  We are a small, traditional Montessori school incorporating the garden classroom into specialized science and everyday lessons.  We have also started an afterschool program with garden science, cooking, art and other classes. We hope to create our own Edible School Yard in American Canyon.

University of Tennessee Gardens

We offer a variety of programs for children, families and adults. We host garden day camps durring the summer, year-round programs for pre-school and elementary school children, Garden Trips for schools, and ?Home Grown for homeschool families.

John Paul The Great Horticulture

We are begining a horticulture program. Our property was once use by the Christian Brothers. They maintained a greenhouse, an orchard, and a vineyard. Sadly, all of these things were left unattended for many years. Our goal is to bring each of these projects back to life while our students get to eperience the wonder of nature through hands on activities.

Lorne Middle School Community Garden

 Lorne Middle school has a small learning garden that was established in 2013.

Maybeury Elementary School Growing Minds Garden

Nearly 500 sq. ft. of space for growing and learning both inside and outside of the classroom.

Collective Roots

 Collective Roots is a nonprofit organization founded and based in East Palo Alto, CA. We seek to promote food justice by engaging youth and communities in garden-based learning and nutrition education to positively impact health. Collective Roots achieves its mission through the innovative integration and implementation of two key program areas: school based programs and community based programs.

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