Garden Classrooms

IAA School Garden

 We are just beginning our school garden here at Interamerican Academy in Guayaquil! So far, we have Pre-K, 2nd grade, and 7th grade involved in the planting of seeds. Our school cafeteria saves their fruit and veggie scraps and we have three compost bins going to create soil.

Life Lab

Life Lab is a national leader in farm- and garden-based education. At the Life Lab Garden Classroom in Santa Cruz, California, we promote experiential learning for all ages through children’s camps, field trips, youth and internship programs, and teacher workshops. Drawing on over thirty years of work with students we have also created curricula and workshops for educators interested in bringing learning to life in gardens nationwide. www.lifelab.org

Edible Schoolyard NYC

Edible Schoolyard NYC partners with public schools to transform the hearts, minds, and eating habits of young New Yorkers.

By integrating hands-on food education into high-need schools across New York City, Edible Schoolyard NYC aims to change attitudes, preferences, and behaviors around healthy eating.

The Khabele School

Every elementary student attends gardening class once per week, which are led by our on-staff Gardening Teacher, Scott Dubois. Our gardening classes focus on cultivating ecoliteracy, good nutrition, mindfulness, and persistence. These classes maintain our garden classroom and receive hands-on lessons with sustainability, nutrition, botany, weather, and ecology. The majority of the garden space is allocated to annual vegetables and cut flowers, which are either eaten during class or sold by students at a makeshift farm-stand to raise money for the garden.

Hidden Villa

Hidden Villa is a nonprofit educational organization that uses its organic farm, wilderness, and community to teach and provide opportunities to learn about the environment and social justice. Hidden Villa stretches over 1600 acres of open space in the foothills of the Santa Cruz Mountains, about 40 miles south of San Francisco. Our mission is to inspire a just and sustainable future through our programs, land and legacy.

Washington Open Elementary

Washington Open Elementary is a parent participation school. Our garden group consists of parents, teachers, students and community members who support an edible garden. The group also supports a native Butterfly garden and a variety of special purpose planters that illustrate different aspects of the curriculum for students at the school. This group supports the parents who are assigned the classroom job of gardener.

Salomon Farm/ Farmin' Fun Day Camp

   The Farmin’ Fun Day Camp provides summer fun for boys and girls ages 4 and older. Activities include environmental exploration, arts and crafts, farming and gardening, animal care, games and much more. The garden will be abundant with vegetables to harvest and sell, the pygmy goats will be caring for new babies in the Bat Barn and you’ll meet other animal residents… donkeys, sheep, goats and chickens! Children of all ages care for the animals each day, work in the gardens, learn about and tend the compost piles, go fishing, hiking, and explore the creek.

THE MILL VALLEY CHILDREN'S GARDEN

The Mill Valley Children's Garden is a ½-acre edible school garden and outdoor classroom, located on the campus of Edna Maguire Elementary School. Started in 1990, the organic and pesticide-free garden is a hands-on treasure for exploratory experimentation as well as age-appropriate, curriculum-based teaching that encompasses math, science, art, writing, nutrition, cooking, and personal and social responsibility.

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