Garden Classrooms

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.

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.

 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.

The UVA Community Garden is a student-run organic garden in the middle of UVA's campus. It was founded three years ago and serves as an example of local, sustainable gardening to students and members of the greater Charlottesville community. We engage the community through twice weekly workdays, monthy potlucks, and other events such as workshops and speakers. Food harvested from the garden is shared by those who volunteer in the garden, and surplusses are donated to those in need.