Garden Classrooms

George Washington Elementary School

Our garden goal is to teach students and their families how to garden in an urban setting how to provide nutritious foods on a budget and the linkages between good nutrition and school success.

George W. Childs Elementary School

HPC plans to assemble and install an indoor growing lab at Childs 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.

George Peabody Elementary

Our goal is to build a small "farm to table" garden kitchen to hone our students understanding of the garden lifecycle and help them consider the nutritional components of what they eat. By preparing simple fresh food we will impart the value of healthy eating and exemplarize the delights of gardening to our students and community. The garden kitchen would also be used to help host school events. The school's only existing kitchen is a closet with microwaves for warming food and a fridge

George E Jack

The goal of the school gardens is to teach students where their food comes from and how to grow it sustainably. The gardens serve as outdoor learning labs where students can learn through hands-on experiences that draw on a variety of subject matter. The food grown is used for taste testings in the school lunch program and in health classes thus improving the nutritional quality of the food as well as making healthy eating appealing. Produce is also donated to local food pantries.

George B. Armstrong School of International Studies

The goal is give students a hands-on learning environment. They will learn about the life cycle of plants in the classroom and then they will be able to put into practice what they learn. Each grade level will have a different focus from planting seeds to harvesting produce. We also hope to include parents and the community in the project.

Garfield Elementary School

Garfield Elementary aims to expand the school garden to be an outdoor library where students can explore different areas of the curriculum while learning about plants and gardening. By planting maintaining and harvesting various plants students will develop social skills such as cooperation persistence and problem-solving. Constructing raised beds will allow community partner volunteers to work with students to serve the school by tending the garden.

Gardiner Regional Middle School

We are hoping to greatly expand the GRMS students' exposure to gardening. We would like to use our three newly donated and constructed raised beds to provide hands-on learning across all grades and subjects. The garden produce will supplement the food served in the school cafeteria. This grant will provide us with rain barrels and fencing which are necessary due to the location of our garden. Our garden is over 500ft from the building and is surrounded by brush.

Gardening Together

Gardening Together is a our program with Emmanuel that will offer youth.a hands on opportunity about: planting healthy foods and preparation to harvest time. The budgeting training benefits their families and create good relationships with adults in their community. We will work with other organizations to educate our youth before planting time begins. The youth will also have an opportunity to identify the type of fruits and vegetables they want to plant.

Gams Tech Magnet School

The goal is to create The Healthy Snack Garden. It will provide healthy fruits and vegetables that GAMS students can choose as a healthy alternative. As our school evolves into a K-8 building we will incorporate the Home and Careers classes into the project. Stone Soup would remain as a cornerstone of the garden project. As the garden becomes more infused into the curriculum our plan is to reach out to the community for future materials supplies and volunteers for summer maintenence.

Galindo Elementary School

This year a team of 8 from Galindo with additional community support has assembled and are committed to working with the community of Galindo to create a community garden. Goals for our gardens will be to create pride ownership and responsibility in and for our community and earth empower children and community members in their health to supplement our classroom curriculum and to purposefully use the green space at our school to show children the experience of gardening and nature.

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