Cony School

The Cony School garden serves as a “living laboratory” that provides healthy learning opportunities for students. Across the disciplines, the garden enables students to connect with nature, see the relevance of their education, and examine the origin of their food. Currently, the size of the garden limits the number of students that can access the gardens, both in terms of classes using the garden and produce in taste tests. Expansion will allow for a larger quantity and variety of foods to be grown, enabling more students to try the produce, while also providing teachers sufficient garden space to engage large (20+ students) classes during garden-based lessons. With the expansion, students will be able to answer the Cony School Food Service Director’s request to grow herbs for use in school lunches, and provide students in the Special Education Life Skills class with produce for cooking classes.