Garden Classrooms

Cien Aguas International School

 Our goal is to implement our school's mission to have a sustainable campus. The grant will enable us to transform our concrete/asphalt school yard into a model of urban gardening outdoor education and simple sustainable practices that community members can practice at home. We will have a space for outdoor health-centered education events which will facilitate community building. The grant will allow us to purchase materials to give our garden a strong start.

Sierra Madre School Community Gardens

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I am the chairperson for the garden committee at Sierra Madre School in Sierra Madre, California. 

TEC Community Garden

The community of schools on the Taft Educational Campus have started a Green Education Program with a SEED grant from the "Grow to Learn NYC: The Citywide School Gardens Initiative" and materials provided by Green Thumb. We are building our first garden area this spring, 2012, and several of the schools in the building are raising plants. Our garden will be in operation by the beginning of summer.

the school for the young years

We have been gardening with our children ages 3-5 years of age for the past six years.  Last year we doubled the size of our graden in the 3-5 year old playground and added a garden bed in our infant and toddler playground.  The children help plant, harvest and cook with the produce and herbs that we have grown.  Our summer focus for the past two years has been from "seed to table".  We have intentionally focussed on showing children how our food is grown and how we use it to prepare healthy foods.   

The Edible Gardens by Green City Market

Chicago’s Green City Market is home to The Edible Gardens, a 5,000 square-foot urban agriculture project growing in the heart of Lincoln Park Zoo’s Farm-in-the-Zoo. As Green City Market’s primary educational outreach program, The Edible Gardens’ mission is to connect Chicago youth with their food hands-on, and to ensure that families have the knowledge, experience, and inspiration to help support a sustainable food system.

Growing Chefs! Chefs for Children's Urban Agriculture

Growing Chefs! Chefs for Children's Urban Agriculture is a non-profit society that brings local chefs and growers into elementary schools to teach kids about food, cooking, and gardening. Our mission is to inspire children with the idea that they can grow their own food, even in the city.

We also seek to:

MMCA Organic Garden and Outdoor Classroom

Maria Montessori Charter Academy is a public charter school in Rocklin, CA. We serve about 300 kindergarten through 8th grade students from a variety of cultural and socioeconomic backgrounds from school districts throughout the surrounding area. Teachers at our school employ a hybrid educational model, utilizing the Montessori philosophy and methodology to achieve state content standards. As a public school, we charge no tuition and students are selected by lottery from the pool of applicants.

 

Gopher Garden

Sam Brannan Middle School’s garden serves the entire campus community through botanical and health education, consumption of healthy food, and appreciation of physical labor. For over a decade, the school garden has been used by numerous students and classes in order to gain a better understanding of how food is grown: from seed to harvest. Topics explored and include: irrigation, fertilizing, pest and weed prevention, pruning, weather, composting, and health benefits.

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