Garden Classrooms

Laurel Dell Elementary School

The goal of the garden is to be more than plot with vegetable trays in the corner. The grant will allow us to expand the garden with a greenhouse so students can learn plant sustain and harvest year round. The grant with additional funds will also help fund a small storage shed for tools planter boxes outside of some classrooms and some fruit and shade trees for the flagpole and/or outdoor seating areas.

Laraway School

Laraway purchased a 39-acre farm. We hired a part-time farm steward with extensive agricultural planning skills. He is crafting a plan---with youth staff partner input---for gardens/plantings that make the best use of our property. If the grant is received it will allow us to purchase the tools and supplies necessary to create our garden at our new home.

Lantrip Elementary School

If we receive the grant we will first purchase what we need to build our water-conserving low-flow irrigation system. For building this we would need half-inch tubing and drip tubing all connected to different kinds of emitters and sprinklers which all be connected to main water valve. The sprinklers would have a timer connected to them. .In addition we would purchase plants seeds compost and topsoil. If there are any funds left it would go towards the purchase of a compost b

Lansdowne Elementary School

The proposed project will establish an outdoor classroom environment in one of Lansdowne's existing courtyards thereby enabling teachers to use school gardening as a platform for supporting all facets of Lansdowne's inquiry-driven IB curriculum facilitating not just knowledge of gardening but also of plant science ecology nutrition and community service.

ESYNOLA, Langston Hughes Academy

From day one of the Dreamkeeper garden's inception, life in the garden has been fast at work – growing, sharing and spreading seeds. Langston Hughes Academy's Dreamkeeper garden is tucked away behind the school, which makes it a perfect place for plants, animals and critters to thrive. As the school community develops its expansion plan for the garden, it continues to grow and change, endearing itself to all who visit it.

Lakewood Elementary School

Our ongoing goal is to keep the garden viable and productive. The maintenance of the garden is very labor intensive and can drain volunteer hours. This project will transform sections of the garden into a food forest which will be more self-sustaining and reduce maintenance demands. It will still provide annual vegetables and add additional components of observing nature and ecosystems with perennials and fruit trees herb gardens mulch gardens butterfly gardens.

Lake City Middle School

Our goal is to expand! We need to increase in size the variety of foods and the number of gardens. We live in a rural low income/high poverty community (2/3 of the students receives free/reduced lunch benefits). Due to the expense our student body does not have access to fresh fruits and vegetables on a regular basis. This garden will provide the students with the knowledge of planting harvesting and preserving foods. This information can be shared with families to plant a home garden!

Lake Bluff Elementary School

Our project will provide a multifunctional garden for the entire community while enhancing environmental literacy for students within the Shorewood School District. Our gardens will provide students with unique learning opportunities as we align with the newly released Wisconsin Plan to Advance Education for Environmental Literacy and Sustainability in PK-12 Schools. Our garden will consist of 24 raised beds to be used April through November by students summer programs and community members.

Lacoochee Elementary School

The goal of this garden is to promote healthy food choices for the community's children and families. Families will share valuable time together while weeding watering and harvesting vegetables and preparing them at home. By eating nutritious foods the students and families will have healthier food choices at home at minimal cost. The children will learn valuable skills that they can use throughout their lives and share with their own families.

La Patera School

The grant would enable and assist in funding our Garden Program Educator to continue teaching in an economy where funding is scarce. Seed money has enabled an amazing garden and outdoor classroom to be set up and accessible to the students. The garden goal is to keep our existing garden alive and thriving for the students and school community.

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