Garden Classrooms

 The Castlemont Elementary School Garden & Life Lab, in the Campbell Union District, offers a 3/4-acre, organic garden space, including 34 raised vegetable beds, fruit trees, shrubs, and ornamentals.  We are in a transition period, busily landscaping and beautifying all areas of the garden. while endeavoring to create enticing curricula, nutritional connections, and--we hope--a "no child left inside" campus.

Sprout City Farms cultivates urban farms on underutilized land, rooting community farms in the city and bringing good food to neighborhoods.  In the spring of 2011, Sprout City Farms established a one-acre farm site on the grounds of The Denver Green School in Southeast Denver.  Launching the "Farm to Cafeteria" program, the farm provides: 

 By cultivating school gardens in San Francisco’s under-served neighborhoods, Urban Sprouts partners with youth and their families to build eco-literacy, equity, wellness, and community.

 Rhode Island School for the Deaf is a small program for Deaf and Hard of Hearing students. We are a pre-kindergarten through high school program. We are so fortunate to have a beautiful organic garden on our property. The students designed and fabricated all 17 4 x 4 square foot gardens. The teachers use the garden for academic purposes in literacy, vocabulary development, math and science. Some students use the garden to learn how to follow directions and make healthy meals from the garden produce.