Garden Classrooms

Ballymaloe Cookery School Organic Farm and Gardens

 Slow Food Councillor for Ireland, Darina Allen has been running an innovative ‘Grow and Cook’ programme at Ballymaloe Cookery School since 2005 to teach local school kids how to produce and cook their own food. Here she describes the programme in more detail.

Lockeland School Garden

The Lockeland Design Center garden will be comprised of three connected areas: a raised bed food production area, a butterfly garden area, and a school classroom area. The garden is to be located in the back of the school, just outside the cafeteria. This area was chosen for both it’s proximity to an existing water source, and for security as it located within a fenced area.

Yale Sustainable Food Project Seed to Salad Program

Every spring, the Yale Sustainable Food Project's Seed to Salad program welcomes five classes of second graders from schools in and around New Haven to the Yale Farm for a series of visits designed to teach them about plant anatomy, seed cycles, composting and nutrition. As part of their learning, students plant radish and lettuce seeds and cultivate them over a seven-week period before harvesting to be eaten as part of a salad, topped with homemade dressing, at the program's final session.

Lang Ranch Wellness Committee

We just got approved to move forward with our garden. The principal has made it clear that although he likes the garden idea, it's not his top priority. I want to be able to inform teachers about available lesson plans and ideas and get them in our new garden and use it.

Hiland Hall Garden

 Hiland Hall Garden is a beautiful historic garden located in the village of North Bennington, Vermont. The garden and grapery serve as an outdoor classroom for gardening, art and healthy eating for local schools. 

 

Thomas Starr King Environmental Studies Magnet

The TS King Environmental Studies Magnet provides opportunities for students to participate in a rigorous, interdisciplinary, project-based curriculum in which environmental literacy is integrated into all subject areas. Students participate in specialized electives and partnership activities with community-based environmental organizations.

SAY Miramar Ranch

My amazing students have created a thriving, organic, edible and therapeutic garden. It is a lifelong benefit for children to know how to take care of themselves and the planet. 

Clayton Valley's Team Green/Green Garden

The CVHS Team Green is devoted to bringing environmental awareness to Clayton Valley. They have planned garden work days to better the CV Green garden, fundraisers to help them fund eco projects they have in mind and events to get more students at CV involved in their efforts. We are currently looking for students who are 100% devoted to CVHS and working towards making our world more eco-friendly.

 

AGAPE 24-hour Child Development Centers

AGAPE 24-hr CDC is partnering with Project Sweetie Pie and other community gardening programs to help strengthen family/community educational, wealth, and wellness goals.  We expect to see changes in the relationhip to food consuming and food growing/producing, leading to making better/smarter choices in food selection while increasing family/student health and wealth attainment.  Our centers are located in one of the largest urban areas in Minnesota.  We face health, education, and wealth disparities that can be addressed through our project's practical approach.  Our engagement objective 

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