Potlatch School District #285

Program Type: 
Garden Classrooms
Number of Individuals Program Serves: 
500
Year Founded: 
2012
About the Program: 

Goals: solve erosion problem improve esthetics and educate students in growing techniques and nutrition. Terracing a hillside is our planned location. Erosion control and sustainable gardening reaps ecological and life skill benefits for our poor rural students. The garden will be used by high school students elementary students and our at-risk student program. The community benefits through improved esthetics positive interaction with students and fresh food at the local food bank.