Harbor Learning Center

The goal of the garden is to involve students, school staff, families and community members in growing, maintaining and harvesting vegetables and fruits. The garden will educate these groups about gardening techniques, which they can duplicate at home or in community gardens. The garden will introduce these groups to the health benefits of gardening as a source of fresh vegetables and fruit, financial benefits through lower food costs, healthy physical activity and improved nutrition. The garden will become a community-based activity encouraging cooperative work, problem solving and planning . It will also serve as a center for academic lessons in various subjects, hands-on learning and self-reliance. It will help students and others who work in the garden become aware of their own skills, build self-reliance, responsibility and commitment to the community. The garden will contribute to staff efforts to create a positive environment for learning and social development. It will demonstrate the value of people working together in a cooperative way to build a positive sense of community.