Garden Classrooms

School Greens

Inspired by the Bezos Scholars Program at the Aspen Ideas Festival, School Greens, is tackling the issue of a healthier future – from starting “Meatless Mondays,” to make students aware of the impacts of their food choices, to launching a rooftop garden this May to increase access to healthy food and green space. We’re changing school policy, and in the process we’re hoping to change the mindsets of our community members.

Briscoe Elementary Seed-to-Plate Nutrition Education™ Program with Recipe for Success Foundation

Since September 2006, 528 children have participated in RFS Seed-to-Plate Nutrition Education™ programming each month.

All the students receive monthly classes in the Recipe Garden and the 4th graders also get a monthly Chefs in Schools™ cooking class with a celebrity chef. Participating RFS Chefs in Schools instructors are: Garth Blackburn, Sub-Zero Wolf (monthly classes since 2008); Barbara McKnight, Catering by Culinaire (monthly classes since 2006); GianCarlo Ferrara, Arcodoro (monthly classes since 2009); Mariquita Combes, La Villette Catering (monthly classes since 2009)

Recipe for Success Foundation

Recipe for Success Foundation's Seed-to-Plate Nutrition Education™ has taught over 16,000 Houston elementary children how to grow, harvest, and cook their own healthy food. A growing list of 80 high-profile Houston chefs volunteer their time to help. The only initiative in the country of it's scope, the RFS Seed-to-Plate Nutrition Education™ program introduces children to the entire cycle of food along with taste and flavor combinations, techniques, and skills that will serve them for a lifetime, and empowers them to prepare healthy meals and snacks for themselves.

Carlton Landing Academy

Carlton Landing Academy is a new public magnet school located in Carlton Landing on the shores of Lake Eufaula in eastern Oklahoma. Students are able to grow veggies, pick berries and raise chickens in the community garden - just across the street from the school buildings.

The Shipley School Community Garden

Student-run community garden at The Shipley School in Bryn Mawr, PA. 100% sustainable and organic.

City of Oakland Community Gardens Program

The City of Oakland's Community Gardens Program provides 16 community gardens and 17 youth programs citywide.  Our youth programs provide children ages 4-13 with the opportunity to learn where their food comes from, growing organic herbs and vegetables for cooking onsite at recreation centers, or at home with their families.  Please contact program coordinator Peter Collier at 510.238.2197 for more information, or send him an email at pcollier@oaklandnet.com.  You can also visit a City of Oakland recreation center to see how you can get involved

Whittier Elementary

 Garden Leader: Helen Quinn – helenpatq@yahoo.com

Whittier, one of our first Slow Food Gardens, is located in the Denver Urban Gardens community garden on the school grounds. We work with Summer Scholars to provide after school and summer cooking classes and garden classes for the K-5 students. The community garden hosts a pumpkin harvest and give away each fall.

Steele Elementary

 Garden Leader: Andrew Nowak – ajnowak@mindspring.com

In ten years, Steele’s garden has grown to be a showcase garden, with 1/3 acres, 30 plots, compost area, some raised beds, 12 fruit trees, greenhouse, garden sink, grape arbor, weather station, outdoor classroom, garden signs, worm box, and a sun dial. We are excited to use our greenhouse for the first time this year. We will soon begin our seedling plants, which will be hardened off in the greenhouse as we get closer to planting time.

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