Charles W. Eliot Middle School

Program Type: 
Garden Classrooms
Grade Level/Age Group: 
Middle School
Number of Individuals Program Serves: 
1,000
Year Founded: 
2012
About the Program: 

Students with little or no experience of growing food will learn to prepare soil plant tend harvest and prepare or sell organic fruits and vegetables. Our garden will be a source of fresh nutritious produce for our community the basis for standards-linked hands-on lessons in science health and nutrition and the cultural and economic aspects of growing food. It will beautify our urban campus and provide a point of connection with the surrounding community.