Garden Classrooms

Montessori school of franklin

 The sustainability and gardening curriculum at the montessori school of franklin is an initiative that is focused on equipping children with the fundamentals necessary for a sustainable lifestyle. This includes, but is not limited to: building raised garden beds, planting and harvesting heirloom vegetables and fruits and seeds, plantjng and maintaining an orchard, incubating and raising poultry and fowl, canning and preserving harvests, and building projects that facilitate these aspects of homesteading. 

Worthington Hooker School Gardens

The Worthington Hooker School Garden Project has several parts. We have two school sites, the K-2 grades on a tight urban lot, and 3-8 grades on several acres with ample planting space. This school year, at request of teachers and school admin, and with support of community partners, we launched both the Edible Gardens and Schoolyard Habitat programs. Starting with 4 raised beds at each site, the edible gardens will be added to each year.

Parkview Elementary School

Parkview has five raised beds, a cold frame and an herb spiral. The garden has been tended by fifth grade in the past, but it will be used by the whole school in the upcoming season. 

Allen Jay Elementary School

At Allen Jay Elementary, first grade and Pre-K classes grow fruits, veggies and herbs in seven raised beds.

Oak View Elementary School

Oak View has a productive but small garden with four raised beds and an herb spiral. Third grade students and an after school program maintain the garden.

Northwood Elementary

Students from the Chinese, ESOL, 2nd and 3rd grade classes have planted fruits and veggies that represent the school's international population and IB curriculum. Northwood has seven raised beds and an herb spiral.  Northwood's school garden was established in the spring of 2012. Northwood is hosting a FoodCorps service member (SY2012-2013), who is teaching garden/nutrition/food lessons with 3rd grade every week. Northwood hoste its first "Harvest of the Month" cafeteria taste test of an apple-crrot coleslaw featuring local, organically grown cabbage in December 2012.

Dillard Academy Student Garden Project

 The Dillard Academy garden is a place for students, their families and the community to enrich their minds and nourish their bodies.  The garden was started in 2007 by Ms. Cheryl Alston, with Wayne Food Initiative.  Wayne Food Initiative is a "...community-based local food systems initiative.

Shuman Children's Garden

 The Shuman Children's Garden is a quiet learning environment located within an urban environment.  The school is comprised of over 80% free and reduced lunch.  It is also located within a food desert in our city. One child, new to the schoo,l asked, "what is a garden".  It's days like this that let me know what we do is important.  The garden not only teaches children where food comes from and how good fresh food is, but we also incorporate all other subjects into it as well.  There is a section where we plant the 3 sisters-complete with fish heads- and tie it into history standards.

Union Hill Elementary School

 The Union Hill garden was established in 2011 and is ultilized by the third grade classrooms to enhance science skills, prepare healthy meals using fresh fruits and vegetables and engage in an enviromental service project through composting waste.

Johnson Street Global Studies

 Johnson street's elementary garden was planted in 2011, complimenting the Middle School garden that has been in use for several years prior. Third and fourth grade students use the garden to enhnace science inquiry skills, learn to prepare food using fresh fruits and vegetables and learn the cultural value of a wide variety of foods.

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