Fernbrook Elementary School

Program Type: 
Garden Classrooms
Number of Individuals Program Serves: 
1,000
Year Founded: 
2012
About the Program: 

Phase II Fernbrook Indoor Student Center for Horticulture (FISCH) will give students hands-on gardening opportunities and heighten their awareness of nature. The Whole Kids Garden Grant will be used to purchase GroLab(TM) Light Gardens to transform a drab space in the school library into a vibrant indoor garden center during cold months. Students will use Phase I worm compost to harvest seedlings that will be planted in Phase III the school's Outdoor Educational Center (OEC) in the spring.