Center Montessori School Garden

Center Montessori has had a school garden cultivated organically for almost 20 years. Currently we have 8 raised beds and numerous earth boxes and container garden boxes throughout the school. Our growing season is from October to June so we have ample time to grow seedlings in our greenhouse, plant our Fall and Spring gardens, and harvest organic vegetables. Students prepare food at different times as vegetables mature. We make things like tomato salsa, brocolli egg scramble, cabbage slaw, mixed green salad, herbed citrus vinaigrette, and much more. Student also have many biology and botany lessons in connection with their garden activities. Composting, and vermicomposting are part of our project as well. In addition to our vegetable garden we have a land lab. We are currently working towards creating a perma-forest, using the principles of Permaculture.