Dr. John Winslow

The goal of our school garden in to involve the school staff, students, their families and our community by providing an opportunity for all to participate in the care of this garden over school brakes and the summer months. We plan on incorporating a school garden into an existing free area in which a butterfly garden is already located.
Our school has a varied population. Some students come from a downtown town area with very little free space to plant a garden, and some come from a less dense area with families who do have gardens and farms.
Part of our goal is to unite the many different cultural backgrounds in our school and work together in creating a school garden with a variety of fruits and vegetables. Teachers will incorporate the gardening process into their lesson plans across the curriculum, giving students hands on experience in the learning process.
Having a school garden will help to unite the school family in a way that our school has yet to experience, starting from of preparing the soil, staring seeds, planting the seedlings to watching them grow and finally, enjoying the fruits of our labor!