Garden Classrooms

Northport Public School

This grant will provide a new opportunity for the Northport community that will initiate a school garden program and provide the foundation for increased hands-on food and nutrition education as well as meaningful relationship-building among students teachers and community members. Our garden goal is to build a sustainable garden space to learn which will help to connect students' isolated academic experiences and the rich farming and food traditions of Northwest Michigan.

Northpointe Academy

Our goal is to reconnect students and our community with nature and where their food comes from. We also strive to connect youth with opportunities to build their career through gaining skills in the green economy. We will use this grant to advance our students ability to access local food and to deep their education of food through gardening. We see this as part of a strategy to advance the urban agriculture movement in Detroit and to help build a local economy in the city.

Northeast 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.

Northbrook Junior High

Students will have the opportunity to learn life science problem-solving and mathematical concepts in a _real world garden classroom. They will have a hands-on connection to the food cycle and will be able to participate in sustainable agriculture. They will play a role in the garden's development and maintenance helping to develop a sense of responsibility and initiative and an interest in plant biology and have a chance to eat the fruits of their labor in the cafeteria.

North Wood R-IV Elementary

The garden will provide an opportunity for 4th and 5th grade students to learn how to grow and prepare healthy food. The harvested produce will be utilized in the school cafeteria for school lunches where meals are prepared fresh daily. The garden will also provide a therapeutic activity for students engage parents and families in learning about gardening and sell excess produce to raise funds for the garden and other school supported projects teaching students about marketing and business

North Vancouver Outdoor School School District 44

Our goal is to produce a learning garden. This project will provide a new learning environment for the students and the teachers who visit NVOS. It will provide the opportunity for lessons to be developed which are experiential and can be used as templates for other learning gardens in the School District of North Vancouver. It will provide school aged students young adults and adults the opportunity to contribute to the production of food.

North Star Elementary School

We have never had a garden at North Star though many members of the garden committee have experience with gardening at their respective residences. We have researched other schools in our district that have successfully implemented gardens to give ourselves further background knowledge. We have also received information and guidance from the

North Miami Elementary School

My ultimate goal is to have an edible garden accessible to each grade level. We currently have an edible garden in the Pre-K courtyard. A wooden raised-bed edible garden is in process for the second grade. Using this grant I want to create several concrete block raised gardens near the Science and Math labs accessible to all other students. Working with the grade-level chairpersons as well as our Math Writing and Science coaches we will incorporate the garden into daily lessons.

North High School

In the second year of the Garden of Youth a work and life skills training program for special education students two new high schools will have the opportunity to foster valuable work and social skills by participating as paid staff responsible for the development maintenance and marketing of a new Garden of Youth. DPS has developed a collaborative community-based approach to bringing together the manpower materials and marketing resources of communities local businesses and schools.

North Fayette Middle School

The school wants to put in a garden to enhance classroom curriculum and provide families and community members with opportunities for gardening food and environmental education. We want the garden to be the subject of classroom lessons and team building skills. The school would like to conduct science experiments teach food preservation methods and promote healthy work ethics using the garden. Children will learn to start seeds plant and harvest in the greenhouse.

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