Garden Classrooms

Chaparral Elementary School

To go from styrofoam cups to container beds! Instead of seedlings that never turn into beans and die at home the kids shall finally experience the full lifecycle. Plan: six 4'x8'x1.5' raised wood beds with drip irrigation. Outcomes: Students will grow & eat 2 annual crops corresponding with State Curriculum partner GrowingGreat-trained parents will teach 5 Nutrition lessons monthly food tastings Harvest Festival beautify barren concrete courtyard which is the central hub of campus.

Cesar E. Chavez Elementary School

This garden grant will provide nutrition education for kids and their parents and increase access to and consumption of local fruits and vegetables by the whole school community. Urban Grand Rapids has a large population of people with diabetes and heart disease and the children in the neighborhoods surrounding Cesar Chavez Elementary deserve the chance to learn how to grow healthy food. Gardening education will also allow school kids to have hands-on learning opportunities.

Center-Pepin Elementary School

The garden will serve as a place of connection providing a laboratory where children can explore and apply their classroom studies. Experiences in the garden will also connect children to the delights of the journey from seed to edible vegetable or fruit and to the enjoyment of eating fresh food. To be located between the two elementary school buildings the garden will provide a physical place of connection converting a large unused 2 100-square foot asphalt area into a dynamic learning space

Center School, Inc.

Indigenous Garden Goals are to: empower young people to produce their own food recapture a traditional diet for a healthier lifestyle and re-establish the connection to land. People heal when they re-establish a connection to the earth and we see young people making healthier decisions. Student gardeners become more patient and thoughtful decision-makers. The garden links directly to academic progress as students earn credits for science math and language arts. The garden helps to create

Center for Children

The garden goal is to implement a sustainable rain catchment system at each of our garden sites. This will improve our ability to ensure that our garden is adequately watered and this will also improve our ability to engage community stakeholders at the garden. We would also like to improve the heat retention and extend our gardening season in our Pocket Park located on our campus. This will also allow us to create a food demonstration and work space.

Cascade High School

Our goal is to grow organic food for the community. After clearing cleaning and fixing the greenhouses we will plant seeds and raise food crops learning sustainable agriculture and science concepts in a unique environment. Young plants will be transferred to The Red Barn Community Farm where they will be raised to maturity by community volunteers. The food will then be donated to local food banks. Future projects include growing flowers. The grant will fund greenhouse renovation and soil.

Fall 2016 update:

Carson City High School

A very exciting component of the project is that the garden will be mostly run by youth; middle and high school and special needs program kids. The work will be accomplished under supervision but the key to the program are the work study students and the focus on getting low to middle income kids and families involved. This project will be a learning opportunity for all ages; and will provide 95% of the food grown to local food banks.

Carmel Clay Schools

Our goals for the garden are threefold. First it will provide students in the district's 15 schools a place to participate in the miracle of growing food an experience many do not get at home. Second the garden will be a way of bringing Carmel residents together thus building a sense of community whether or not the individuals have children in the school system. Finally this garden will lead our community a step further on the path toward healthier eating and sustainable food systems.

Carinos de los Ninos Charter School

Through cultural sensitivity and community awareness program development will incorporate the dual language model and provide students with age appropriate curriculum related to environmental education and local agricultural practices. Program specific examples include: having students plant a variety of vegetables monitoring their vigor to heat and drought stress productivity nutrient deficiencies and market quality. Students will be exposed to various natural resource management techniques.

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