Mendocino County Community School

The MCOE Youth Garden's learning objective is to provide students ranging from Preschool to 12th grade and their families: access to healthy fruits and vegetables, provide nutrition instruction, create and instill healthy lifestyle practices. The garden serves as an "outdoor classroom" and provides an ideal setting for students to learn agriculture, science, math, nutrition and a variety of communication skills while appreciating nature and positive community interactions.
The overall goal of the MCOE Youth Garden is to continue to expand the facilities at other sites in order to continue to provide valuable community resources and outreach. The Whole Kids Foundation School Garden Grant will allow the site to incorporate and model rainwater catchment systems, greywater re-use applications as well as increase the amount of healthy, fresh organic produce available to students and community volunteers.