Valwood School

Our current garden is small, and has only 4 types of vegetables. The kindergarten class has had the most involvement. Our goal is to increase the size, and variety of plantings to create a "Rainbow Colors for Health" annual/perennial garden. This will allow involvement of all of our PUpper Elementaryth grade classes. The "rainbow colors" and associated plantings will include (but not limited to):
• Red: radish, strawberries, apple tree
• Orange; carrots, orange tree
• Yellow: summer squash, lemon tree
• Green: cucumber, spinach, lime tree
• Blue: blue cauliflower, blueberries
• Purple: eggplant, blackberries

This grant will make it possible to:
Provide teachers with:
• a living laboratory for science, math, history, arts, and health/nutrition education.

Provide students with (in addition to curriculum goals) opportunities to:
• experience the natural world through sight, sound, smell, touch, and taste
• take pleasure in physical work
• learn responsibility, develop life skills, and give back to the community
• develop healthy eating patterns