Garden Classrooms

Cupertino Middle School Garden

Our garden program consists of our main garden space which is 30'x60' and it contains 15 fruit trees(generouslly donated by Common Vision) and 8 garden beds(built with the help of our local Rotary Club).  We also have a separate composting area, an herb garden, a small green house and a number of other things growing all over campus.  A group of teachers leads our Garden and Go-Green club on campus and we try to bring gardening and sustainablilty to the students and surrounding community.  We have spaces setup in the classrooms for starting plants and we are working on further incorporating

Community GroundWorks

Community GroundWorks is a nonprofit organization that connects people to nature and local food. Through hands-on education, children and adults learn gardening, urban farming, healthful eating and to care for natural areas. Organized in Madison, Wisconsin in 2001 as The Friends of Troy Gardens, Community GroundWorks serves diverse communities and schools across the region.

Mission

Kresson School Garden

This is our second planting season for our Kresson School Garden.  It is my hope to expand on the goals of sustainable and healthy eating along with creating connections between young children and food production.

Central Park East II School Garden

The Central Park East II Garden Committee just completed building an outdoor garden, nestled atop a large concrete playground at 103st and Madison Avenue. It is currently comprised of a series of 10”-high raised beds, an inground perennial area and a digging bed for students to explore the magic and wonder of soil.   We are currently growing herbs, native perennials and a seasonal rotation of annual vegetable crops.

Farm Lot 59

We love our Little Learners and welcome you to come to the farm for a customized hands on field trip. All ages and grade levels are welcome. We ask for a $5 donation per person attending. Its best for us to keep groups between 15-30 total people per group. If you have more than that we can split the lesson in 2 parts, add a nature walk or tour of EDCO recycling across the street. After you tell us a little about your group and what you are interested in learning we will confirm your trip date and tailor the lesson for your group.

Anza Elementary

Our program is a culinary and garden program. Our population is a high immigrant poulation from the Middle East. Our school is 79% English Language Learners. Anza Elementary has 100% free breakfast and lunch for students. We are a Title one school in a high poverty community. Our program is Farm to Table. The students plant and take care of the gardens, harvest the garden and prepare food in the kitchen to eat. The emphasis in the kitchen is healthy eating. The kitchen scraps are then taken to the composting bins and eventually the compost will be used in the gartdens.

Tutti Fuori

To Know and love their own territory / environment;

To Acquire and disseminate behavior aware of the environment;

To Learn more about plants and vegetables;

To Observe the birth and growth of some vegetables that we eat every day;

To Understand that we are not only consumers, but we can also be producers of foods we eat;  

To acquire knowledge about organic agriculture

To Develop a sense of civic responsibility and cooperate in the solution of a problem.

the pink rhubarb

The pink rhubarb believes in cultivating, growing and maintaining skills in cooking, gardening and craft. Here, we celebrate the people, resources and ideas that help grow food, make food and teach the art of using our hands. It is where ideas and skills are taught and shared to help promote healthy living and creativity. Our programs are taught at the historical Fodor Farm in Norwalk, CT, private and public schools as well as to families in the community. 

Opportunities Unlimited for the Blind

Opportunities Unlimited for the Blind teaches young people with little to no use of their eyes to use their other senses to plant, care for, and harvest garden vegetables and small fruits, some of which grow wild on our camp property, and then take them to the kitchen to create great meals.  Most teachers of children who are blind or have low vision do not have the time or resources to teach daily living skills like cooking to their students, and many parents are afraid to give their blind child a knife or something hot, and have no idea how to teach a blind person how to tell the differenc

Boca Raton Christian School

Boca Raton Christian School is a Green School. We currently have several gardens on campus, both vegetable and butterfly. The gardens are used to teach agriculture and the life cycle of the butterfly. We compost on campus and recycle many items, such as paper, plastic, cans, ink cartridges, chip bags, and Capri Sun. We are always looking for new ways to excite students about their environment and to learn ways to be good stewards of our environment.

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