Downtown College Prep

80% of our student at Downtown College Prep qualify for free or reduced lunch programs. We have started an environmental science program at DCP with help from CNGF. We plan on collaborating with CNGF on our senior projects for our new environmental science class. We have already started a garden project this year and hope to expand the number of beds available for planting. We also have a garden club. We need more beds to support the maximum numbers of students in the club. This grant will fund new garden plants, mulch and materials. We also know that CNGF offers docent led lesson plans that teach the CA science standards, the EEI curriculum and urban food production/nutrition. We have a large under developed campus and would love to explore more urban food garden components like food towers and aquaculture to produce high yields with less resources. Our partnership with CNGF will help us teach more students about growing healthy foods with less.

This program is supported by The California Native Garden Foundation.