Greenwood Friends School

The Food Forest Classroom (FFC) project was started as a way to create a sustainable outdoor environment that engages students and the wider school community in creating beautiful outdoor spaces that respect the local environment, model stewardship, and sustain the community by providing food for the body and simple work with the earth that nurtures the spirit. Fostering a Food Forest Classroom on our school grounds will establish a permanent and sustainable model for how people can work with nature and design productive garden spaces using nature as a model, also known as permaculture. The Food Forest Classroom will provide a site for learning in a healthy and natural setting and a means for the school to grow a large variety of fruits, nuts, vegetables, and useful materials for our very popular Kitchen Science curriculum. The Food Forest Classroom will instill a connection with each student to the school and will promote a growing sense of community amongst students, faculty, and alumni. We have envisioned a long term plan for this space that stretches out multiple decades and will be an asset for the school for many years and generations to come.