Kitchen Classrooms

Orford Primary Kitchen Garden Project

 In 2009 Jamie and his deputy Louise Holland visited the Stephanie Alexander Kitchen Garden Foundation in Australia. Inspired by what they saw, Louise rallied support from charities and businesses to fund a pioneering purpose-built pilot project at Orford Primary School in Suffolk.

Brattleboro Food Co-op's Education & Outreach

Our program goals:

to introduce a variety of healthy, natural and locally grown foods to school children to broaden their food experience.

to increase students understanding about where food comes from.

to provide students with nutrition information enabling them to make healthy food choices.

Montessori Children's Place Garden

One of the central themes of the Montessori philosophy is the connection with the natural world of the outdoors. The children have the daily opportunity to experience the outdoors with structure and purpose. They learn how to use their hands in everyday endeavors focused on the earth.

New Era Academy

We call ourselves The Edible Era Scholars We are an afterschool program that meets twice a week for our Chef and Garden club. Each week we are cooking or tending to our 10 raised beds at New Era Academy in Cherry Hill, Maryland. We only create vegetarian foods and use fresh herbs and vegetables from our garden. We also make Herbal soaps using the herbs we grow in our garden. We have extended our club to residences of the community of all ages

Mama Nature

"Don't ask yourself what the world needs, ask yourself what makes you come alive and go and do that. Because what the world needs is people who come alive."

I am keeper of my children's elementary school garden!

Outdoor Classroom @ Rhyl Primary School in London, United Kingdom

Rhyl Primary School is in Camden Town, London, in England. We believe in the power of outdoor learning, despite the fact that we are not blessed with large grounds. In fact, we have created green spaces from the most concrete of spots, including a brilliant garden in a school car park. We do a lot of learning outside, with a dedicated teacher whose responsibiity is sustainability and encouraging learning outside the classroom. We have a plot on a local community garden and an apiary at a nearby city farm.

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Wheeling Country Day School

A private School in Wheeling, WV committed to healthy eating, gardening and supporting businesses and agriculture in our community.

City Beets

City Beets is part of the Five Rivers MetroParks community gardening program. The program is 8 weeks long and open to teens ages 12-15. Teens learn about food systems, how to grow fresh foods, and how to prepare the foods they grow. The teens also sell the produce at our local farmers market. Please check us out on the Five Rivers MetroParks website. Happy Gardening!

Chisenhale Primary School's Edible School Playground

We grow a huge range of fruits and vegetables from raspberries and blueberries to pumpkins, lettuce and onions. Pupils sow the seeds, nurture the crops and then harvest. Some produce goes to the the school cafeteria so the pupils get a chance to eat what they have grown. Some produce gets used in lessons across all curriculum subjects. All pupils get a chance to learn about growing their own food and living in a more sustainable way. We run lunchtime and after school gardening clubs and each class has two head gardeners who go on gardening trips.

Maine School Garden Network

The Maine School Garden Network is a volunteer organization whose mission is to promote and facilitate educational gardens for Maine youth, grades pre-K through high school.  We meet monthly in Brunswick, Maine.  We have a website with resources for educational gardeners and a Maine school garden directory.  We hold professional development conferences for educators and engage in other activities to help get school gardens started and to publicize their benefits.

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