Nativity BVM Catholic Elementary School

Program Type: 
Garden Classrooms
Grade Level/Age Group: 
Kindergarten, Lower Elementary
Number of Individuals Program Serves: 
500
Year Founded: 
2014
About the Program: 

The goal of this gardening program is to go "From the Trash to the Table." This will involve using biodegradable trash from our school cafeteria to help create our own compost. This compost will then be used to enrich the soil in each grade's raised garden. Each grade will then plant, raise, & harvest vegetables/fruits that will then be served in our school cafeteria Through this program students will grow to understand the chemical process of composting, the food cycle, and a respect for gardeners and farmers.