Garden Classrooms

Meiners Oaks Elementary School Garden

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.

Burton Hill Elementary

Our garden is an interactive place, the activities include our students,teachers and community.Our goal is to interact with new learning in the garden atmosphere this endeavour will provide. Burton Hill Elementary and Westworth Village with new learning style that is cutting edge.

The Computer School, MS 245

The Computer School is a highly diverse urban community hailing from many different cultures, races, religions and economic backgrounds, where teamwork, project-based learning, and connecting with our social and natural environment are at the core of our mission.

Regis House, Inc.

Our garden will not only involve growth of sustainable fruits and greens, but will also help facilitate the growth of the youths in our community. The at-risk youths involved in the Regis House Family Empowerment Program will not only have the opportunity to gain their community service hours but will also learn responsibility as they nurture and maintain the garden. The continued upkeep of the garden will provide a platform for education about the importance of community, environment, and overall health for many groups to come.

Warren Lane Urban Farm

The Warren Lane Urban Garden at Warren Lane Elementary School in Inglewood, CA will be a space for students to learn through structured class activities and for local residents to enjoy through community events. Teachers can utilize the space for outdoor, hands-on activities that engage the students in science, health, and environmentalism while encouraging students to pursue S.T.E.M. related fields.

East Valley School District

A 4.5 acre garden with open space and raised beds. We Eat the produce that we grow in our lunch programs and give the rest to valley food bank. We Use for a teaching tool in our classrooms.

Crutcho Schools Garden

The Crutcho School garden currently consists of ten 4x10 raised beds and a small hoop house constructed recently by a local church group. This summer, the garden was tended by school staff members and produced tomatoes, basil, melons, and peppers for summer school students to enjoy. During the 2012-2013 school year, Crutcho students will be working with staff members from the Regional Food Bank of Oklahoma's Urban Harvest program to learn more about growing and preparing fresh, healthy foods.

Challenge Foundation Academy

We serve 475 elementary school children in a challenged neighborhood in Indianapolis. More than 80% of our students receive free/reduced lunch. Our garden program was started to provide students information and education on food sources and nutrition. We have an active garden club and families are able to take home fresh produce during certain seasons.

Durham Elementary

Last year we were fortunate enough to afford an instructor that would come out once a month and worked with the children to help maintain and harvest vegetable from the garden. Without their assistance our garden has really been negleted. We would really like to revamp our garden by cleaning out dead plants, planting new grass, add pavers or a stone pathway near water faucet, buy some large pruning scissors and wheel barrel tires. Anything to really make this place look alive and get the kids excited about gardening.

Santa Fe High School Garden

Santa Fe High School has a school garden in development with the hopes to be an outdoor and experiential classroom for many teachers and subjects, as well as an opportunity to produce food for the school's cafeteria. We would like to reinvigorate the garden program at the high school, providing the necessary resources to make it a viable means of food production for students who are passionate about changing the food lanscape at their school.

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