Garden Classrooms

Kids in the Ambassador’s Kitchen

Since 2009, the Residence at Embassy Bern has conducted programs for children in the Kitchen Garden on the east side of the property. Students learn how foods are harvested, become conscious of the environmental advantages of eating locally grown fresh foods, and are taught the best ways to cook foods in order to preserve their nutritional value.

Orangevale Open Community Garden

We have a school garden and orchard that we are improving this year.  It was about 300 square meters and we are going to make it close to 400 square meters this weekend.  I take my 7/8 graders out every Friday. We have teamed up with 3,4, and 6 th grade classes at the start of this year and are looking to get every student involved.

 

 

Rocketship Los Sueños School Garden

Our school garden serves 500 students from grades K-5. It contains 12 beds and an open learning space where I teach a daily curriculum of life sciences, earth sciences, nutrition, gardening, and more.

Pepin Academies Green Thumbs Garden

The Pepin Academies Garden is used in our culinary classes and across a variety of academic classes. The garden utilizes organic and water conserving gardening methods.

Highland Hall Waldorf School

The campus of Highland Hall Waldorf School includes a biodynamic garden comprised of 24 raised vegetable beds, medicinal and culinary herb gardens, medieval dye and fiber gardens, row crop fields, perennial berry beds, fruit tree orchard and permaculture food forest, monarch sanctuary, bee hives and chickens.

The Montessori School at Hampstead

Montessori School at Hampstead (MSH) is a private, non-profit school in Montgomery, Alabama offering children in central Alabama an exceptional education based on proven Montessori principles.

MSH is governed by a dedicated Board of Directors and began operations in August 2011. MSH seeks to develop tomorrow’s leaders by encouraging critical thinking through an experiential curriculum with focuses on environmental stewardship and global studies.

Golden Sierra School Garden

We have a small school garden and a greenhouse that we were able to put in thanks to a Seeds for Change Grant and help from a Americorps volunteer who now works with the UCDavis extension. We have had a change in staffing and I would like to take on the garden in my science classes and keep it going.We have 4 raised beds that we have used for green and lettuces that were used in the cafeteria and we would like to grow plants in the green house for fundraisers.

Newton Community Farm

The mission of Newton Community Farm is to nurture a community that teaches and models sustainable agricultural and environmental practices on the historic Angino Farm.

We are dedicated to providing the community with an authentic farm experience that highlights  and promotes sustainable growing practices.

As a fully operational farm, we have the ideal setting for hands-on, interactive learning for all ages and skill level on site as well as offering outreach programs in the local community.

Pacific Grove Community Garden School

We are a Small Alternative public High School in Pacific Grove CA. We have a 2000-square foot garden where each student has their own bed and a Greenhouse.

 

Urban Famers Association

Urban Farmers Association is a program of Helping Build Success. We help schools and communities get their gardens off the ground and growing. We supply all the materials needed to establish and grow a garden. We offer help in the establishment of curriculums that explore the themes of farming, production and distribution. If you are interested in working with us please email us your contact information and we will be glad to get you out an information packet.

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