Ridge Hill School

The Goal for the Discovery Garden at Ridge Hill School is to provide a learning environment where students, families, teachers and community members can learn about gardening concepts, nutrition and health, learn about healthy lifestyles and eat nutritious food right from the Discovery Garden. We envision all students from K-6 participating in the Discovery Garden. We also have set as a goal 40% family participation in this project for 2012-2013. A School can not do this project alone and we need the support in the community to make the Discovery Garden a sustainable reality.

The grant from the Whole Kids Foundation will make the redesign of the garden space possible, provide for supplies for the garden project, and incorporate sustainability into our garden project and design. Specifically the grant will help purchase seeds, tools, soil, plants, and books about Community Gardens such as Seed Folks. In addition, the grant will help us leverage dollars and in-kind donations from other sources such as the local gardening store and the Hamden Rotary.

This program is supported by Young Audiences of Connecticut Inc,.