Roosevelt Elementary School Community Garden

The Community Garden at Roosevelt Elementary School is run year-round on the campus schoolground, and serves the students and families of Roosevelt School, as well as those of the adjacent Broadmoor Preschool, and families in the Roosevelt School community. The Community Garden is run by volunteers, and has eighteen garden beds, herbs, flowers, fruit trees and an educational sensory garden. The Community Garden is also the center of Roosevelt's lunchtime composting program, a parent-run project that conducts lunchtime composting and recycling throughout the year. The program, now in its sixth year, has served as a model in the San Leandro district, and provides students with a knowledge of green practices as well as opportunities to assist adult volunteers during school lunch. The Roosevelt Community Garden is also the site of after-school enrichment classes in gardening. Classes are held year round, and enable students to gain experience in soil preparation, planting, cultivating, harvesting and composting practices.