Deerfield Run Elementary School

The goal of the garden at Deerfield Run Elementary School is to create a safe place for the students to learn and play. There is an existing school garden space that needs to be renovated and replanted. Once finished, the school's youth garden will support classroom lessons in science through hands-on activities outdoors for the entire school, which serves 549 students in grades K-5. The students will increase their knowledge of the natural world for the ultimate goal of creating the next generation of environmental stewards in our local communities.

By building a local garden, we encourage healthy outdoor activity, environmental stewardship, and a passion for natural knowledge. Students will take the skills developed in the classroom garden back home and plant gardens in their local communities.

This program is supported by NATIONAL PARK TRUST INC.