Edible Spaces

Program Type: 
Academic Classrooms, Garden Classrooms
Grade Level/Age Group: 
Middle School, Upper Elementary, Lower Elementary
Number of Individuals Program Serves: 
500
Year Founded: 
2017
About the Program: 

Edible Spaces was born from a wide-eyed dream about a community of learners brought together in an environment that fosters conversation, curiosity, knowledge, and discovery. Our mission is simply to start the conversation about edible education in our schools and community. Starting with a Public Elementary School in Kitchener, Ontario, this program will begin by serving students from Kindergarten to Grade 8 through the implementation of an edible school garden. A first in the region. We hope to serve our students and our community by being a starting point for conversation, and an example of regenerative designs amongst our schools, and community. We value life-long learning, whole-systems modeled on nature’s wisdom, and the importance of stimulating the emergence of creativity in the way we approach the current state and future of education. Our pedagogy will be inquiry-driven, with a focus on holistic co-creation as we begin the journey of creating edible spaces in our community.