Eagle Valley Elementary

Program Type: 
Garden Classrooms
Grade Level/Age Group: 
Upper Elementary
Number of Individuals Program Serves: 
500
Year Founded: 
2015
About the Program: 

The school ecological garden is a 6 raised bed edible garden located on the school property. There is a fence around the garden and the outside garden will have a butterfly garden, sculpture garden, pumpkin patch and walking pathway. We have a master gardener/horticulture specialists at the school one day per week and on the weekends that cares for the garden and teaches horticulture, botany and nutrition to over 125 students on a weekly basis. We have a classroom garden along with our outdoor garden. The garden will mimic the natural ecosystem to our area, along with providing fresh food for the salad bar in the school. This school, unfortunately, does not have a cafeteria, only a salad bar, so this garden will augment the children's snack time and lunch time.