Brooke Charter School East Boston

Our garden would be located on school grounds and be accessible to students as well as community members. We envision our garden as being a part of daily life at our school. Students would compost materials from lunch, weed the garden as a volunteer or leadership activity, visit the garden with their classmates during lessons and tend to the garden as part of an after school program. In addition to providing educational opportunities for our students we will use the garden to actively engage parents and community members in healthy living discussions. We eventually hope to host cooking lessons, healthy meal planning sessions and other healthy living opportunities at school. We would hope to use the food produced in our garden as part of our educational programming for the community. We currently need to purchase materials to create a raised bed garden. The materials we need include lumber and soil for the garden and maintenance tools such as rakes and shovels.