Ecole Marie-Curie

We are a small, urban, French-speaking school serving grades JK-Grade 6 in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. We have a very diverse student population with a high percentage of new immigrants and first-generation Canadians...So our garden not only helps feed our students, but also allows us to have a cultural-exchange wiht our students and their families at the same time.

Through gardening, our students have tried foods they have never seen before. We also sent some vegetables and herbs home with recipes to their families... This year (our second year), we are going to try to see if we can grow some of the traditional foods from the ancestral countries in North Africa, the Middle East and the Caribbean. In our cold climate? Wish us luck!