Daniel Jenkins Creative Learning Center

Program Type: 
Garden Classrooms
Grade Level/Age Group: 
Upper Elementary, Middle School
Number of Individuals Program Serves: 
100
Year Founded: 
2015
About the Program: 

We have been building up our garden for the past 3 years. We have a green house and an out door classroom. We have also received tools, 3 additional raised beds and seeds by taking a school gardening class over the summer. One problem, but goal, we have is irrigation. We had hoses that were lined up across the driveway and through a field to get to the 7 raised beds we have. We even have a timer to water the plants, but the lawn services company rides over our hoses and cuts them. This makes irrigation very difficult. Another goal is to become GAP certified. We have been working towards this, so we can sell and serve our vegetables to the cafeteria, but the consulting and process is too costly for our club to raise the funds. Currently, as it is fall, we have squash, carrots, snap peas and beets growing.