Kitchen Classrooms

At Green Garden Child Development Center, our fruit and vegetable gardens in our outdoor classrooms are a central part of our learning experience. Our students are able to get their hands dirty and be an active participant in the natural cycles of the earth. They help plant, water, care for, and harvest the produce that is then integrated into our nutrition program, developing a hands-on understanding of where food their comes from. Through these experiences, students build a holistic appreciation for food, nature, and sustainability.

At Green Garden Child Development Center, our fruit and vegetable gardens in our outdoor classrooms are a central part of our learning experience. Our students are able to get their hands dirty and be an active participant in the natural cycles of the earth. They help plant, water, care for, and harvest the produce that is then integrated into our nutrition program, developing a hands-on understanding of where food their comes from. Through these experiences, students build a holistic appreciation for food, nature, and sustainability.

"“Nourishing minds, bodies and communities with educational experiences.”

We inspire people to develop knowledge, skills and confidence for a healthier future through Kitchen and Garden classes.

School Culinary Consulting- We structure and implement programs in schools to transform the schoolyard into a vegetable garden and the kitchen into a classroom. We develop programs with schools to achieve well-being and health goals through culinary workshops. Cooking is used as a tool to teach different skills according to the needs of each school.

Through growing, processing, cooking, eating, studying, talking and thinking about food, students develop skills, knowledge and behavior that enrich their academic and nonacademic lives, bolster their growth as individuals and in relationships, and cultivate meaningful engagements with their own health, the health of their communities and health of the planet.