École des Grands-Vents

The ultimate goal for our garden project is to create an environment where students of the École des Grands-Vents can actively participate in a school garden on a weekly basis, bringing them into greater contact with nature in order to better understand nutrition and the foods that they eat, which will enable them to have a more personal and intimate connection with food that will stay with the students throughout their lives and assist them in making healthy lifestyle choices.

We also hope that through this project we can form stronger bonds between the school and extended community through initiatives such as inter-generational activities (having our seniors help the students with the garden). Furthermore, we aim to beautify the school and integrate nature back into the lives of the student population.

Presently we are seeking to take the first steps towards our goal by constructing a garden on the school property and beginning to integrate it into the school curriculum.