Garden Classrooms

Lavender, Joe-Pye and Bumblebees

 I am the environmental science coordinator at my school and want to expand the organic garden we started last year.  Two classes participated, including my own (I am also a fourth-grade classroom teacher).  This year, I am attempting to inspire more teachers to get involved.  We have parental and community support for our endeavors and so I anticipate greater involvement from our teachers this year.  

Kidz-R-Brite At The Farm Gardening Program

I have two preschool/daycares and have an organic garden at both locations in Ladysmith, BC, Canada.  We just purchased the second location last year and we have 2 1/2 acres to work with.  Lots of space to grow fruits and vegetables.  I am searching for more ideas on expanding our current gardens so that we can be more self-sustaining in growing food for both personal and staff and also for the families that attend our school.  I am so excited about your program; its awesome.  We all are so keen to learn new gardening techniques.  I thank you so much for offering such a wonderful program to

Planting Justice

Planting Justice is a 501(c)(3) organization based in Oakland, California with a mission to democratize access to affordable nutritious food by empowering urban residents with the skills, resources, and knowledge to grow organic food, expand economic opportunities, and take action for environmental justice and sustainability in the San Francisco Bay Area. We work to achieve our mission through four programs. Our Urban Food Forest program brings low-income urban residents together to build cooperative, productive gardens at schools, community centers, and apartment complexes.

Scotchtown Hills Elementary School

We want to create a garden where each grade level can plant and grown vegetables and fruits. This will not only teach students live long skills, but it will be a fun experience for everyone.

Noble Garden Club

Our school is demographically and socio-economically challenged.  Students do not understand the idea of healthy organic options for their diet.  If we can create a program to educate our students, they will be healthier and smarter students who are motivated to come to school and learn something different other than the normal curriculum, while they can take this with them to their homes and beyond.

Escuela Micael

 Our Waldorf inspired pre-school has an organic garden and students actively participate in composting and gardening. We also offer an after school gardening class once a week (Tuesdays 3:30-5:30) open to 3-12 year olds. Students help maintain the gardens and a large pond.

North Powder Farm To School

North Powder Farm to School is located in Eastern Oregon. We coordinate Farm to School activities such as tastings and cafeteria meals using Oregon Harvest of the Month ingredients. In addition, a FoodCorps service member teaches students nutrition, cooking, and garden-based science and math activities We have successfully had a 1000 square foot garden for 3 years and have used the produce in our school cafeteria and donated some to a local food bank. We have challenging weather conditions with a short growing season of 90 days, but have had success!

Growing Well with Mercy school garden program

The Growing Well with Mercy program is focused on community collaboration in order to fostes healthy lifestyles in our communities.This program is a natural outgrowth of our successful ten year Mercy Goes to school program teaching nutrition and germ preventon classes to local elementary schools in our hospital service area. We currently have partnerships with Folsom-Cordova, Buckeye and Rescue Union school Districts.

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