Garden Classrooms

Winnequah School

The goal for the Winnequah Children's Garden is to provide a hands-on learning laboratory integrated with existing school curriculum that nurtures awareness of environmental sustainability issues; educates about food systems food quality and social responsibility; and fosters a sense of stewardship and community engagement.

Windsor STEM Academy

We would like the garden to be a soure of pride for students. Our school's overall theme focus is "Growing Pride." In gaining an understanding of gardenting and commiting to the garden students will grow pride in their school and community.

Windsor Forest Elementary SChool

We are hoping that our partners and this grant will allow us to add onto the number of raised gardens and build greater student participation with the care and maintenance of the gardens. A school garden will expose students to new experiences and healthier foods while building their sense of pride and accomplishment in themselves. These feelings will hopefully spread into the community.

Wilson Middle School

There is a large field owned by the School District that we are using for the garden. Currently I have six raised beds but we need more. I have purchased raspberry blueberry and blackberry plants that need to be planted. In addition to gardening we have four compost piles and I'm hoping to add vermiculture to recycle the food waste at School. As our garden grows we will need to get a closer water. What's really cool is she's teaching 200-250 students how to cook and enjoy the bounty.

Wilson Community School

The overarching goal that this grant will help make possible is the creation of a large-scale community-owned urban farm on a vacant plot of land that is approximately 40 by 80ft. This area has been designated by the city as an urban greening zone. The plots proximity to our site renders it an excellent opportunity for our scholars to expand their urban agriculture skills while developing something that will have a very significant economic social and cultural impact on the community.

William H. Ray Elementary School

Our goals are to expand the educational value of the garden by installing signs identifying various plants and flowers; build a three-bin compost system to teach children about the process of decomposition and give us the ability to improve the quality of the soil without having to purchase compost regularly; buy growing lights to enable classes to start seedlings indoors; and replenish our supply of tools and garden supplies making it easier for students and volunteers to work in the gardens.

William F. Stanley Elementary School

There are many who can benefit from and appreciate the beauty of school gardens but flourishing gardens take years to become well established. Gardens also require a dedicated and knowledgeable gardener to remain useful and beautiful over time. Our goal is to maintain an infrastructure that supports school gardeners over time while maximizing as many avenues of participation for as many participants (students teachers parents cafeteria custodial staff and community volunteers) as possible.

William E. Sheehan Elementary School

Our garden goal is to provide an outdoor educational environment to facilitate sensory connections to the core subjects and active participation in the learning process. The garden will provide opportunities to engage students in hands-on learning that is both meaningful and relevant while contributing to healthier nutritional attitudes and lifestyle. Growing healthy foods promotes healthy eating as well as respect for the food we eat and its origins.

William Cramp Elementary School

HPC plans to assemble and install an indoor growing lab at Cramp to showcase indoor gardening and seed starting techniques in order to enhance the teachers' ability to meet science-based academic standards. Another primary interest of HPC is to provide exposure to the health benefits derived from the garden in both the indoor and outdoor context.

William Burgess Elementary School

We are a downtown elementary school where the vast majority of children live in apartment buildings allowing for very little opportunities to interact with nature. Our garden vision is to develop an interactive natural learning space to be used by students teachers and the community at large. We will do this through creating a vegetable garden in the school courtyard. Teachers have built curriculum plans to involve the whole school in the rich learning opportunities a garden would provide.

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