Garden Classrooms

Outdoor Classroom @ Rhyl Primary School in London, United Kingdom

Rhyl Primary School is in Camden Town, London, in England. We believe in the power of outdoor learning, despite the fact that we are not blessed with large grounds. In fact, we have created green spaces from the most concrete of spots, including a brilliant garden in a school car park. We do a lot of learning outside, with a dedicated teacher whose responsibiity is sustainability and encouraging learning outside the classroom. We have a plot on a local community garden and an apiary at a nearby city farm.

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"Feed Thy Neighbor" Garden Project at The Family Tree Relief Nursery

 The goal of the "Feed Thy Neighbor" project is to model how easy and affordable it is to grow your own fresh, organic food.  Our garden at The Family Tree has produced tomatoes, cucumbers, lettuce, green beans, strawberries and fresh herbs like chives, that I use in our food program daily.  All excess produce, which there has been a lot, is given to families in our program or to anyone that stops by.

Palouse Pollinators

The program is developing and implementing integrated curricula in grades 2 and 6-8 incorporating concepts such as sustainability, community/place-based learning, organic gardening, greenhouse, composting, and recycling. An interest exists in creating linkages with school lunch reform initiatives.

A emerging and developing partnership exists among the Pullman Public Schools, Washington State University College of Education, and the Washington State University Center for Environmental Research, Education & Outreach

Seeds of Change Organic School Garden

In our program, we adapted a program similar to Harvest of the Month. In the beginning, we chose a fruit or vegetable to feature for the month and talked with the kids about why they should eat, how it is grown, and then they got to sample it. As a Parent Wellness Committee, we were involved in writing local grants and also a grant from the Whole Kids Foundation, through Whole Foods. We were so fortunate to attain both of those grants to start our school garden!

The Green Flash Garden

 The Green Flash Garden @ Muirlands Middle School is a project in the food movement. The goal is to provide the students of Muirlands Middle School the opportunity to have a hands on, edible education. Our mission is to provide an environment in which students can take an active role in learning about the process of growing food, the importance of environmentally sustainable food systems, the impact of food choices on personal health, as well as the interconnectedness of the kitchen, garden, and classroom.

Wheeling Country Day School

A private School in Wheeling, WV committed to healthy eating, gardening and supporting businesses and agriculture in our community.

City Beets

City Beets is part of the Five Rivers MetroParks community gardening program. The program is 8 weeks long and open to teens ages 12-15. Teens learn about food systems, how to grow fresh foods, and how to prepare the foods they grow. The teens also sell the produce at our local farmers market. Please check us out on the Five Rivers MetroParks website. Happy Gardening!

D11 Good Food Project

The D11 Good Food Project brings healthy, fresh, sustainable food to 24,000 students daily across 65 serving locations through the Colorado Springs School District 11 Food & Nutrition Services department.  Last year, $750,000 was put back into the local community through purchases of grass-finished beef, milk, fresh produce, and yes, coffee for our catering department.

The Galileo Garden Project produced 1,000 lbs. of fresh produce for the D11 Good Food Project in the five beds outdoors plus garden beds in our 42' geodesic dome greenhouse between January and September 2012.

Voorhies Edible School Garden

My name is Nadia Guajardo and I am a 6th grade teacher with Bakersfield City School District. I am writing to you on behalf of Voorhies Elementary, in hopes of rallying support for our new community project of creating an edible garden at our school site. The edible garden will be designed to educate our students about the important practices of horticulture and sustainability through hands-on experience, integrated science-based curriculum, and a collective awareness of the importance of eco-responsibility.

Tucson Village Farm

Tucson Village Farm (TVF) is a working urban farm by and for the youth of Tucson. TVF is a seed-to-table program designed to reconnect young people to a healthy food system, teach them how to grow and prepare fresh food and empower them to make healthy life choices. We do this through a variety of dynamic, hands-on programs targeting all age groups:
Growing Forward: K-5 agriculture and nutrition education field trip
Digging Deeper: Grades 6-12 agriculture, nutrition education and food preparation
Farm Camp: Farm immersion for youth ages 7-11

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