Waconia Edible Classroom

The Waconia Edible Classroom is located on farmland adjacent to Clearwater Middle School.  The garden site includes a 1/2 acre vegetable garden, 65 fruit trees, and offers a dozen community plots for rent.  The Edible Classroom is an outdoor learning space that gives students the opportunity to learn the seed-to-table process through hands on learning.

How does our garden grow?
Students start seeds indoors in the spring and transplant to the garden before school is out for the summer.  During summer months Kids Co participants and local volunteers tend to the garden.

Guiding Principles:

• Children learn by doing and benefit from contact with natural reality.
• Food is a powerful force.
• Children benefit from natural aesthetics.
• Land is a resource.
• Children benefit from an exposure to the cultural heritage of a location.
• Garden practices must be sustainable and transparent.