Forest Grove Elementary Garden Program

Program Type: 
Kitchen Classrooms, Garden Classrooms
Grade Level/Age Group: 
Upper Elementary, Lower Elementary, Kindergarten, Middle School
Number of Individuals Program Serves: 
500
Year Founded: 
2011
About the Program: 

 Sprouting Chefs Visionary and Founder Barb McMahon strives to connect children and the community to nature by providing cooking and gardening programs including the ever popular, After School Garden Club. It is one thing to build a school garden, it is another feat to create a sustainable thriving program that truly connects and engages the students and community members.

A Sprouting Chefs School Garden Program ideally includes:

  • A garden built on the school grounds
  • Whole school involvement
  • An After School Garden Club allowing the students to truly take ownership
  • Community Bridges - inviting other community members and volunteers to be an active part of the program
  • EnviroMentors = older teen students who are stewards of the earth as members of Outdoor Ed Clubs or Youth Sustainability Clubs that provide positive peer pressure to younger students
  • Cooking Classes - Food grown in a school garden should be harvested and enjoyed by the students in cooking classes that focus on healthy seasonal DELICIOUS recipes
  • Success = when students of the program go home and want to cook the food they grew with or for their families to enjoy together!

http://sproutingchefs.com/ForestGroveProject.aspx