Learning Gate Community School

One of the goals of Learning Gate Community School's Seed to Soup Organic Garden is to enrich academic instruction by integrating gardening throughout the curriculum. By tending the garden on a weekly basis, students from kindergarten through 8th grade are actively involved in the entire garden cycle, including: planning, opening, cultivating the soil, maintaining compost, planting and harvesting vegetables and herbs. An additional goal of the Seed to Soup Organic Garden is to teach Learning Gate Community School students about global sustainability issues such as water conservation and world hunger and health issues such as nutrition, food safety and environmental protection. Lastly, another important goal of the Seed to Soup Garden is to give back to the community by growing and delivering food to Feeding America of Tampa Bay. The Whole Kids Foundation Garden Grant will allow Learning Gate Community School to move forward with these goals by providing financial assistance.