Benvenue Elementary School

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

Create raised beds part of an outdoor classroom featuring a sensory garden and a cool weather vegetable garden. Sensory garden: lamb's ear lemon balm mint rosemary oregano dill fennel lavender and sage. Vegetable garden: lettuces spinach potatoes onions. The science curriculum can be connected to soil/plants at almost every grade level from kindergarten through fifth. Sensory experience with plants will enhance observational skills.