Garden Classrooms

GrowingGreat

 GrowingGreat is a nationwide community-based non-profit education organization dedicated to inspiring children and adults to adopt healthy eating habits, decreasing the risk of obesity and disease.  Our goal is to help children, families and our communities understand where our food comes from, appreciate that food serves a purpose in our overall health and has an impact on our longevity and well being.  GrowingGreat educates PreK-5th grade students through teaching gardens and classroom nutrition linked to standardize curriculum.

University of California Davis School Gardening Program

The UC Davis School Gardening Program is a program of the Agricultural Sustainability Institute on the UC Davis campus. It is located at the Ecological Garden and Student Farm on campus. The program provides an array of opportunities for learning about gardening, farming, food systems, nutrition, and the development and use of school gardens.  These opportunities serve audiences ranging in age from kindergarten students, through youth and college students, up to adult educator groups. 
 

Marion-Polk Food Share Youth Gardens

Marion-Polk Food Share is leading the fight to end hunger in Marion and Polk counties in Oregon. While we provide emergency food boxes, we recognize we have the responsibility to address root causes of hunger and "stop the line before it starts" by providing youth nutrition awareness and food systems education in our communities. 

Food For Thought

Food For Thought is a  collaborative community effort to address the silent epidemic of hunger, poor health, obesity and poverty in our community's children. 

Food For Thought is offered as a science elective and after-school club to teach middle school students about stewardship, sustainablity and the connections between food, health, the environment and individual performance.

Oak Grove Learning Garden

A great place for our students to learn and enjoy the outdoors

Oakland Parks and Recreation Community Gardens Program

Oakland Parks and Recreation is gardening with a purpose, with 16 locations that bring people of all ages and diverse backgrounds together to grow organic vegetables, herbs, fruits and flowers. Additionally, OPR now offers six garden locations run in partnership with schools and nonprofits. These beautiful gardens engage children and community members to help grow food for themselves and their families, at no cost to participate. OPR features 23 sites with youth gardening facilities, including at most of our recreation centers.

Our Nonprofit Organization Partners

JCCSF Rooftop Garden

The JCCSF Rooftop Garden is a place where children and adults can discover and learn how to grow food and care for plants through a unique range of urban agriculture programming.  Learning opportunities and curriculum include a focus on small scale gardening, culinary education, and environmental awareness.  We regularly serve preschool and SFUSD afterschool students during the school year and throughout the Summer within a diverse camp setting.  An expanded series of Rooftop Garden Workshops will be open to adults this Summer and through the rest of 2013.

West Education Center

Our program manages seventy-five 8'x4' raised cedar beds, 6 cold frames, 3 tower gardens, and 2 aquaponics systems. We have financed our program with grants from Lowe's, Target, and Whole Foods. The students are sustainably growing Tomatoes, Peppers, Eggplant, Cucumbers, Canteloupe, Watermelon, Summer Squash, Potatoes, Herbs, Carrots, Spring Mix, Spinach, Broccoli, Kohlrabi, Cabbage, Onions, Radishes, Asparagus, Cauliflower, Kale, Collards, Chard, and Celery.

Aviva Family And Children Services

 Working with youth in a Group Home setting to create a theraputic garden and kitchen garden.  We share one morning a week in a small group working in the garden, talking about healthy lifestyle habits and enjoying the outdoor space.  At the school the science teacher uses the garden as a tool for life sciences learning.  It is one of the spaces where the youth feel completely comfortable and safe.  

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