Garden Classrooms

Greater Richmond Fit4Kids

Greater Richmond Fit4Kids is a non-profit organization that works to improve children's health and wellness and reduce the prevalence of childhood obesity in the Richmond region through programs that promote physical activity and healthy eating. Fit4Kids currently has learning gardens at 5 school sites and 2 community sites. The goal of the learning garden program is to teach students to grow, prepare, and eat healthy food by engaging them in garden maintenance, plantings, classroom nutrition activities, and tastings througout the school year.

Edible School Yard London

 Southbank International School is the first Independent School in London to create an Edible Schoolyard. The program, founded by Gia de Picciotto, began in November. The students and staff have participated in consultation and have generated awareness by selling organic fruit and are vegetables . They are building their garden onsite in conjunction with Trees For Cities. They will also purchase fruit trees for a chosen state school in the community with the funds they raised through the fruit and vegetable sales.

Head-Royce School Garden

Head-Royce Garden

Vision

For the Garden at Head-Royce School to support, enhance and achieve the all-school Mission by inspiring lifelong learning, exuberant academics, and respect for the diversity and interconnectedness of the natural environment and human society thereby, creating eco-literate citizens.

Mission

Kemper Garden Project

We are just starting out, and in the developing stages. We are persuing grants, donations and hands on help to get it going.

Some classes and the after school program have had students  start seedlings. We have made up starting trays for teachers to utilize easily,and we are beginning our project in the courtyard of the school grounds. We are also looking to develop a larger area for a full on garden with outdoor gazebo type classroom structure.

Middle School Garden at Maplewood Richmond Heights

Maplewood Richmond Heights school district has an established Seed to Table program with gardens at every grade level. The middle school garden aims to demonstrate a household-size urban farm. The backyard has raised beds for vegetable production, an herb spiral, compost facilities, rainwater catchment, and a border of perennial native plants to attract pollinators. The tiny front yard is a miniature fruit food forest, with strawberries, raspberries, bush cherries, an apple, a peach, and a pear tree.

Washburn Farm to School

 Washburn School District Farm to School Program focuses on providing garden and nutrition education to PreK-8th grade students using project based learning in our garden. Teachers use the garden to enhance Math, Science, Social Studies, Language and Arts education. The overall vision of the Washburn Elementary and Middle School garden project is to provide greater access to and educate the public about locally grown food in the area. The food produced in the garden is utilized in the school cafeteria and in classrooms.

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