Grattan Elementary

The grant will allow us to acquire seeds, seedlings, plantings and additional tools, develop curriculum resources, install signage, and build a garden workspace for a new Victory Garden Classroom, in which students will grow and harvest edible plants. When our beloved school garden was razed in an ADA renovation, the school community mobilized to plan and build a bigger, more accessible garden and permanent outdoor classroom. The irrigation and physical structures for the project have been funded with bond money, but not plantings or educational materials. Modeled on the victory gardens of World Wars I and II, the Victory Garden Classroom would use public land to produce edible plants (vegetables, herbs and fruit trees) and provide learning opportunities for urban children, including an integrated curriculum about nutrition, ecology and sustainability through hands-on activities. The garden will also be open to the public and will promote sustainable gardening to the larger community.

This program is supported by PTA California Congress of Parents Teachers & Students Inc. 309 Grattan Elementary.