Garden Classrooms

Simply Fueling a Life of Love

 I'm interested in starting an edible schoolyard to incorporate into homeschooling my daughters and as a way to connect with and educate our community in organic gardening.  I need help with ideas of HOW to get started.

UVM Farmer Training Program

The UVM Farmer Training Program is a 6-month intensive program (May 2 -October 31, 2012) for aspiring farmers and food systems advocates that provides a hands-on, skill-based education in sustainable agriculture. This full-time program offers participants the unique opportunity to manage their own growing site, take classes from professors and expert farmers, and rotate as workers and learners on successful, diverse farms in the Burlington area.

CHES Community Garden

 I am a parent volunteer who works with students at my son's (and soon my daughter's) elementary school in the school community garden.  My husband and I (and some parent/teacher volunteers) started the garden 3 years ago.  Our goal was to provide a space for nature exploration for the children and a chance for them to learn how to grow food and enjoy eating the food that they grow.  All of the children (about 360) plant seeds in the garden in the spring and then some children join me in the garden during recess time certain days to maintain the garden and taste what is growing.

NCS Gardens Project

 We are a small charter school in central Indiana.  Currently, 90 kids in K-2 are involved in the gardens project.  Classes have their own raised beds and have weekly garden lessons with a volunteer instructor.  Our program, which doubled in size, is in its second year.  The focus is sustainable organic agriculture, nutrition, broadening food choices,  and understanding natural systems.

Children's Enrichment Center

We are a learning center serving children ages 3 - 11 both full day programs for early learners and after school enrichment for ages 6 - 11. We want to start our own garden and have a space of 30 x 50.

Hamlin Street Elementary Garden Club

We are a suburban, public school of approximately 400 students.  We are located in West Hills, California.  Our garden consists of 8 raised beds with a pergola and some grape vines.  We are currently growing organic vegetables and have a few fruit trees.  Our hope is to expand our garden to include espallied fruit trees.  It's good to dream!

 

Plant the Seed

Plant the Seed is a not-for-profit program that creates outdoor classrooms in community and school gardens to educate and empower under-resourced young people—building cultural connections, advancing economic justice and improving their overall health and well-being.

Growing Up Organic

Growing Up Organic is a project of Canadian Organic Growers' Ottawa Chapter. We run a number of active programs aimed at increasing youth awareness of and access to local organic foods, while encouraging increased organic production for the local community. To date we have partnered with 23 schools across the Ottawa region in establishing organic school garden programs...the harvest grows more bountiful every year!

Amity Montessori School

Amity Montessori School enjoys an organic school garden that is planted, tended, and harvested by the children attending the school. We use the garden for snack, cooking activities, food prep., Practical Life, and learning about Science, Math, and nutrition. In addition, we base most of our Summer Camp activities out of the garden.

Our Kids' Place

 We have a preschool garden serving 43 children and their families. We have about 12 spanish speaking families. Most of our families qualify for free lunch program. Our garden is about 3 years old and growing. We need all the help we can get!

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