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We are in our third year of having students plant, tend, and harvest vegetables, herbs, and flowers from our gardens. Our few fruit trees are too small to bear fruit yet. All our students get to taste what they helped grow.

The goal of Barnette's Buster Blossoms is to incorporate healthy, wellness and nutrition throughout the school and across all grade levels.

School gardens have resulted in improved dietary intake and related dietary behaviors, such as preferences, motivation, and self-efficacy to eat fruits and vegetables in children all over. Several studies have also shown that a school based gardening program enhances academic performances.

Delve Into Gardening, DIG's, mission is to offer a garden environment in which to plant the seeds of knowledge, experience the joy of learning, and harvest a bountiful crop of lifelong learners. In December of 2012,we received approval for DIG.

The goals of the greenhouse/garden are:
- To teach students how to grow their own food
- To allow students hands-on experience with plants and the needs of plants
- To develop civic minded students by having them grow food that will be shared with community food banks

Located in the central courtyard of Lincoln Elementary, our beautiful edible garden thrives under the support of our many volunteers and community partners. Our goal is to promote health, school and community connections, and integrated learning opportunities for our students.

The garden at P.S 216 is managed and funded by Edible Schoolyard NYC.

With this grant we would like to: 1) add a composting center, and 2) replace our outdated drip irrigation system.

Our goals are:
to expand our current garden to give every student a space to plan, plant, and tend in connection with their science classes, incorporating Next Generation Science Standards and Common Core skills;