Garden Classrooms

The Neighborhood School

The garden goal is to boost and augment what we already have--most of what we have is entirely maintained on a voluntary basis with donated plants and vegetables. This grant would help us do more to create a high-quality gardening space for our students and our community.

The Neighborhood Center Inc.

Our primary goal for gardening is the development of healthy children in our community of Camden by teaching them to make better lifestyle choices. Childhood obesity has been declared to be epidemic in the city of Camden; 40% of children and teens in the city are obese or overweight as opposed to the national average of 21%. We plan to achieve our goal through educating families about growing and preparing healthy foods through participation in our gardening program and cooking classes.

The Mount Washington School

Our goal is to build a thriving hands-on sustainable cross-curriculum program that involves every student attending our school. The Mount Washington School is striving to become a model and mentor for other public and private schools. In order to do this we will always be thinking progressively stay connected to new and existing partners and continue to focus on enhancing the student learning experience.

The Montessori School

The grant would allow the school to transform our cold frame into a usable greenhouse. Our ultimate goal is to use solar energy to power the greenhouse fan and heating units and at a future date incorporate the use of a cistern for water collection. This would help the children realize the benefit of alternative energy and water efficiency.

The Meher Schools

Our goals include reinforcing for our students the interconnectedness of all life and working together for a common goal. Our produce is served for snack and sold to parents. The proceeds are used for the garden. We plan to collaborate with the Huckleberry Cafe (Lafayette) give surplus to the Food Bank and local homeless shelters. Grant funds will be used for equipment supplies and curriculum materials. Our garden has the potential to embrace many individuals and programs as we move forward.

The McGillis School

Our goal is to ensure longevity of the garden and foster integration with school curriculum. The grant would support acquisition of: 1) tools and tool storage; and 2) materials for indoor and winter growing. Currently working in the garden requires tools from elsewhere reducing the ease with which teachers and classes can engage with the garden. With our short growing season curriculum integration requires materials that integrate indoor and winter growing with the garden.

The Little School

The goal of The Little School garden is multi-layered:.1. Provide the basis for an environmental & sustainability program currently being developed by the school..2. Provide additional richness and resources to our curriculum where students can actively participate & learn from the process of growing food from seed to table. .3. Provide fresh produce to Hopelink our community partner and local food bank.

The Lewis School of Princeton

This will allow us to build 3 above-ground garden beds a small shed for tools and to purchase seeds for a salad garden. Weekly nutrition classes at each level will provide children with the opportunity to plant grow tend pick prepare and taste a fresh plant-based snack while studying the benefits of phytonutrients and whole foods. Our children have multiple difficulties and our research/experience show that their developing brains require the benefits of plants to focus and repair.

The Learning Center at Linlee

Our goal is to expand our school garden and extend our growing season to raise a substantial part of the produce consumed by our students. Students learning to grow produce using the proposed aquaponics system will learn about ecosystems biodiversity and the interdependence of organisms. They will have to monitor water quality giving them first hand knowledge of chemistry. They will also learn responsibility in caring for the system.

The King's Daughters' School

This grant will allow us to purchase much needed gardening tools and materials such as soil seeds gloves and various tools. This would in turn allow us to expand our gardening program to include more children in the gardening activities and to grow more fruits and vegetables which provides much needed trade/work experience to our students. Because our students have mental and some physical limitations gardening is a huge self-esteem builder for them and has been a successful program for us!

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