Edison Elementary

The Schoolhouse Garden is a collaboration between the University of Oregon’s Service-Learning Program and Edison Elementary School. These entities, along with other community partners, utilize this space as an outdoor classroom for Upper Elementary students as well as college undergraduates. With helpful instruction from a local landscape architect and organic gardening expert, students learn about food insecurity in their community, health and nutrition, as well as the overarching subject of sustainable food production. The overall goal for this garden is to incorporate experiential learning into existing school curriculum, emphasizing on the garden as a learning landscape.
This grant would allow The Schoolhouse Garden to create an outdoor classroom. The permanent seating offers teachers and community members to gather in the garden. This space in turn would become a place for discussion and reflection on the many aspects involved in school gardens and food production as a whole.