ESYNOLA, John Dibert Community School

Located right off the hustle and bustle of Orleans Avenue are the gardens at John Dibert Community School. These gardens showcase the entrance of the school and serve to welcome students, parents, teachers, staff, and butterflies alike! Daily and throughout the year at these gardens, the children and adults in our school community have the opportunity to delight in the harvest and smells of fresh herbs grown outside their front door, and keenly observe lizards and a variety of local and migratory butterflies who find their homes in our large habitat garden beds.

Dibert's small but vibrant garden shines in the Mid-City area, showing great potential for school community impact. ESYNOLA hosts fruit picks and school-based tastings annually at Dibert, as well as family food/nutrition education and cooking events through Share Our Strength's Cooking Matters curriculum. We plan to increase our student exposure and family events as the garden expands. With Dibert's pre-Kindergarten population, we start introducing food education as early as 4 years old.