Garden Classrooms

Wesminster CCS - Watch Our Garden Grow!

I am the Executive Chef of the Westminster Community Charter School in Buffalo, New York.  It is a very low-income area and we have an 88% Free & Reduced lunch rate.  We have three chefs on staff, as well as 5 part-time employees.  We prepare fresh, from-scratch meals for about 500 children every day.  I took over the kitchen in 2010 and changed the lunchroom from a processed foods only kitchen to one that only prepares homemade and fresh foods.  We make our peanut butter and strawberry preserves, pizzas, granola, as well as every dish on the school lunch menu.

Tappan Zee Elementary

Tappan Zee Elementary (or "TZE" as we like to call it) serves the 2nd and 3rd grade students of the South Orangetown Central School District.  TZE has a thriving school garden thanks to the support of great teachers and staff at the school, parent volunteers, some guidance from Cornell Cooperative Extension of Rockland and -- of course -- a great crop of kids!

The Giving Garden

The Garden Road School community garden space, known as ‘The Giving Garden’ is a project that will incorporate outdoor learning, community development and food education. Not only will food be grown for a CSA, (Community Supported Agriculture) but local community members will also have the opportunity to rent a raised bed for the growing season and be part of a community garden.

Sage Design Technology Urban Garden

Sage International School's Design Technology summer school class is partnering with Mary Ann Newcomber, local 'Dirt Diva' in developing a urban garden on the 2nd floor deck of our school. Under Mary Ann's guidance, students will design and build all the necessary containers. They will also plant and fill those containers with organic edibles. The students will plant and connect Espalier fruit trees as a part of the planting design. Harvest of those fruit trees to be in the Fall when school resumes.

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 I am designing a large co-op garden & educational resource center in a beautiful yurt in palo alto. I am in the planning stages now!

The Firdaws al Hikma Ecology Center

The Firdaws al-Hikma Ecology Center is currently in the process of being developed. Firdaws al-Hikma Ecology Center is a Garden for Medicinal, Aromatic and Food Plants in the Negev. The center will serve as an educational site with land and facilities dedicated to promoting ecology and science, environmental literacy with a focus on Bedouin culture and study of conservation and sustainability. The garden will also have research functions, teaching, training in Bedouin culture and heritage, ethno-medicine and ethno-pharmacology.

Riviera Elementary School Kids Garden

A beautiful 2000 sq ft garden, growing year-round, with vegetables, fruits, herbs, roses and wildflowers. Some high school students (former Riviera students) will be upgrading the garden for their Girl Scout Gold Awards and will add an educational area and school lunch waste composting project as well. 

Green Mountain Farm-to-School

 Green Mountain Farm-to-School is a nonprofit organization in Newport, VT whose mission is to restore and strengthen local food systems in Vermont by promoting positive economic and educational relationships between schools, farms, and communities. We do this by building school gardens, delivering local food to schools, and educating children about healthy food choices.

Thomas Jefferson Middle School Community Garden

The Jefferson Garden is a demonstration and education project for the TJMS learning community with a portion of the produce going to serve the broader Arlington community through participation in the Arlington Food Assistance Center's "Plot Against Hunger" program. Approximately, 2,000 pounds of fresh produce have been donated, to date!

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