Garden Classrooms

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.

Capitol Hill Montessori at Logan

Our goal is to expand our gardens reduce asphalt and more fully incorporate the gardens into the curriculum for all of our students. Currently we have 8 small garden boxes in the front of our school; we'd like to build 6 more some on our over-sized asphalt parking lot so that each class could have their own garden space to plant fruits and vegetables butterfly gardens plants that can be made into textiles medicinal herbs etc. We'd also like to provide earthworm bins to each class.

Capital High School

The Village Sage garden is to be part of a greater collective of community-powered gardens in this neighborhood working in conjuction with nearby Capital High School to incorporate an off-campus outdoor classroom for student volunteers who will take part in developing a garden in their community. Our garden goal is to establish a fully functional growing recycling and compost space for Village Sage tenants providing much-needed fresh food for formerly homeless and low-income residents.

Cannon Ball Elementary School

This grant will allow our students to learn how to grow fruits and vegetables with a Woolly School Garden from planting the seed to harvesting the fruits of their labor. It will give us fresh healthy food to use in the school kitchen and for the kids to take home. Importantly this grant would allow us to beautify the school landscape for our community. Thevertical garden will teach that anyone can grow their own food at home no matter where they live and how much space they have.

Campbell Hall (Episcopal)

The goal of our garden project is to teach children to appreciate all living things and to understand how to be good stewards of the Earth. In addition we want to give students specific experience in growing plants harvesting them tasting and cooking them and to understand the nutritional value of the things they have grown. Finally we want to teach them about sustainability and the need to conserve and protect our natural resources as responsible human beings.

Campau Park Elementary School

Vulnerable communities in Grand Rapids like the neighborhoods that surround Campau Elementary School are food deserts: virtually no options exist for purchasing produce from Michigan which is the second largest agricultural producer. Also knowledge about the importance of consuming fruits and vegetables is often lacking as evidenced by high rates of diabetes in this low income urban community. Our proposed garden project at Campau allows us address these disparities.

Cameron Park Elementary School

We will bring our entire curriculum to life by incorporating plant-based learning. We will foster respect for the natural world through the investigative nurturing act of gardening and will blend hands-on learning with curriculum standards. It will be a model for sustainable gardening will be used and enjoyed by students and maintained by staff and community volunteers. It will also be an alternative learning environment to reach and inspire students from our impoverished Fairview community.

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