Garden Classrooms

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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UVA Community Garden

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.

Jardin de Los Ninos school garden

Jardin de los Ninos is a Nationally Acreddited Early Childhood Learning Center located in Las Cruces, New Mexico. We provide free and much needed childcare to homeless and near homeless families. Jardin serves children from ages 6 weeks thru 5th grade in our After School Program and averages between 50-80 enrolled at a time. We are seeking to start a school garden to provide the families and children with an education about agriculture and better eating habits. The school garden project is being spearheaded by Bridget Hughes, a full-time Americorps member at Jardin de los Ninos.

Gateway Greening

Gateway Greening educates and empowers people to improve their communities through gardening and urban agriculture.  Our programs include Community Gardens, Youth Gardens, City Seeds Urban Farm,  Urban Roots, and Farmworks.

Our Youth Programs works to involve at-risk youth in sustainable food production and garden-based education to meet the diverse needs of schools, daycares, and other youth-focused organizations, in partnership with neighboring communities. There are over 70 youth gardens in the St. Louis area supported by Gateway Greening. 

 

pa migrant education preschool center

Along with the students, I grow and use the produce and flowers from several small gardens at our preschool program.  the children are sons and daughters of migrant workers who move seasonally with the work that they do in agriculture.

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