Garden Classrooms

Atlanta Speech School

The overarching goal of all campus gardens is to increase exposure to language as it relates to nature food recycling and sustainability. Children gain vocabulary and context as they plan plant maintain harvest and est fresh produce. Specifically this grant will make possible the creation of two beds that are larger in scale than the beds currently on campus. This larger space will significantly expand planting possibilities and compost space allowing more children to work at one time.

Atlanta International School

Our garden goal is to enhance our school garden so that each child can plant and harvest a crop of vegetables prior to leaving school for the summer. We also want to increase access to nutritious sustainable and healthy foods on campus and to promote zero waste goals. Our garden will create new learning opportunities for students that will be involved in garden projects. We would like this garden to increase awareness about health and sustainability by striving to enhance IB learning.

Atalaya Elementary School

We plan to purchase four raised beds organic soi and seeds from local companies which are willing to work with our community. We have an existing fenced garden area which has not been in working conditions for many years. Our goal is to create a working garden space with a variety of easy to grow New Mexico Crops such as squash peppers tomatoes etc. We would like to involve EarthCare Farm to School Farmers Market Food Corps and community partnership for a full commuinity project.

Aspen Community School

Our goal is for ACS students to learn about the importance of growing and eating local foods and to understand agricultural seasons. The garden program will also enhance academic studies: students will integrate their experience into the classroom by writing and drawing about the garden; students will use math to design the garden plot and planting diagrams; students will apply natual science as they dig into the earth and learn about plant varieties and seasons.

Aspen Community Magnet School

The School wishes to add raised beds more fruit trees and to improve upon the outdoor classroom.

Asbell Elementary School

The Whole Kids garden grant will allow Asbell Elementary to expand a small existing garden area and give more children a positive gardening and healthy eating experience. The garden expansion will include building additional raised beds installing a rainwater cistern and planting berry bushes. Students will learn about sustainable growing methods and build an outdoor learning area that can be used for many years. Students plan to donate additional produce to a local homeless shelter.

Arturo A. Schomburg Satellite Academy High School

The goal is to improve the health and lifestyles of the members of Arturo Schomburg Satellite Academy's community by: Teaching students and community members how to grow their own food and how to select the best fresh produce grown at other community gardens and local farms; Teaching students and community members how to prepare and preserve meals from fresh local ingredients; Training students to run workshops for other students and community members where they share what they have learned.

Salem-Keizer Education Foundation Learning Gardens

 Salem-Keizer Education Foundation (SKEF) Learning gardens serves ages Pre-K through High School in the Salem-Keizer School District. Currently, we work with eight schools that have schools gardens on site. We help teachers implement garden curriculum and lead after school garden clubs through the Enrichment Acadmy provided by SKEF. 

This is a service site with the national program FoodCorps.

Central School Gardens

Our school garden is supported by elementary students as well as highschool agriculture students We plant the garden in our playground area for students to see and enjoy each day. We use the produce on our school's salad bar. It's added color and beauty to our playground and our school!

MFL MarMac School Gardens

We started our school garden many years ago, and use curriculum to help 1st and 2nd graders learn about plants and food. We use our garden produce to make Stone Soup, Ratatouille, and other delicious foods that are accompanied by stories. We have had help from highschool agriculture and conservation classes, and we hope to expand the participation to more highschoolers. We also want to feature more of our lunch on school lunch trays!

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