Veterans' Memorial Elementary School

Program Type: 
Garden Classrooms
Grade Level/Age Group: 
Upper Elementary, Lower Elementary, Kindergarten
Number of Individuals Program Serves: 
500
Year Founded: 
2012
Supporting Program: 
About the Program: 

The grant is part of an effort to build learning gardens in five elementary schools weaving the schools into Gloucester's growing sustainable food system. The goal is to build a garden and establish it so that a district wide coordinator can maintain it and teachers and students feel comfortable interacting with it as a hands-on learning tool. Teachers and students will see the garden as a natural extension of their classroom and school environment.