Eden Autism Services

The goal of our Green Thumbs for Autism garden program is to offer a unique teaching opportunity for our students, all of whom have autism. With the help of their teachers, students learn to plant, water, weed, prune, harvest & compost waste from vegetables planted in the garden, as well as take inventory & create shopping lists used for trips to local businesses to purchase plants & supplies. We hope to now install a semi-permanent greenhouse on the school grounds, which will allow the garden program to be year-round & enable our students to add to the above skills those of cleaning and maintaining the greenhouse.

With respect to the community, the garden provides an opportunity for Eden to support local businesses (from whom we purchase plants & supplies), as well as a reciprocal opportunity for businesses & individuals in the community to support Eden by donating funds & items for the garden. Equally important are the opportunities the garden provides for awareness about autism & Eden