Green Chimneys School
Program Type:
Garden Classrooms
Grade Level/Age Group:
Kindergarten, Lower Elementary, Middle School, High School
Number of Individuals Program Serves:
500
Year Founded:
2014
About the Program:
We plan to continue to enhance our two organic gardens and greenhouse to ensure an innovative learning environment for more than 250 special needs students and a pioneering training site for the thousands of visitors whom visit each year interested in replicating our therapeutic gardening program. New York State educational standards are met through our individualized year-round curriculum which includes certified horticultural therapy, seed propagation, harvesting, plant anatomy and maintenance, food storage, canning, farm machinery, tool usage, naturopathy, aromatherapy and composting. This grants will allow us to purchase materials for an herb garden.