Gilbert Linkous Elementary

Program Type: 
Garden Classrooms
Grade Level/Age Group: 
Kindergarten, Lower Elementary
Number of Individuals Program Serves: 
500
Year Founded: 
2014
About the Program: 

The Grow, Learn, Educate (GLE) Garden Program at Gilbert Linkous Elementary School began in the Spring of 2013 with a Second Grade Classroom of 20 students, one teacher, one full-time Master Gardener, one part-time Master Gardener and a seldom-used garden area accessible directly outside the Second Grade classroom hallway. A Fourth Grade Garden Club worked in the garden area for six weeks in 2012, but in to13, the garden was overtaken with weeds.
Through the Spring of 2013, with the Second Grade class and during the Summer of 2013,with the Gilbert Linkous E-Squared (Educational and Enrichment) Garden Program̃