Garden Classrooms

This is on the roof of the homeless shelter and needs some love! We would like to see some of the local area schools use it has a service project. The goal is to provide as much food for the shelter, or perhaps give them a way to generate a small income through the garden.

Archbishop Howard School (AHS) in collaboration with multiple community partners, wants to create a garden and greenspace landscaping in its new Covered Playground and Outdoor Learning Center Project. The project is designed to build community and contribute to a sustainable neighborhood.

In the spring of 2012, with the help of many volunteers including students, teachers, parents and community members, we transformed an overgrown 6500 sq ft. plot at Columbian Elementary School into a garden that would become a space full of learning, creating and eating.

Food for Thought Ojai (FFTO) is the lead organization behind school gardens, agricultural literacy, environmental awareness and school food improvement in the Ojai Unified School District. Our School Garden Program brings knowledge, dedication, consistency and technical skills to create amazing school gardens, which enhance the educational experience of local students. The Meiners Oaks Elementary School Garden has been under the care and expertise of the FFTO since 2006 and over the past 6 years this garden has been transformed from fallow to a 6,000 sq. ft.