PSIS41 The Walter Francis White School
Program Type:
Garden Classrooms
Number of Individuals Program Serves:
1,000
Year Founded:
2012
About the Program:
There are many benefits of a garden within an urban outdoor classroom. Most are obvious such as learning healthy eating habits protecting our environmental a proven history of better attendance with the quick turnaround of edible products produced by hands-on work and the nutritional value of vegetables and fruits. Less obvious are the positive benefits of assuming leadership roles learning to follow directions participation in oral and written activities related to the project etc.