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The goal of the Prospect Mountain High School (PMHS) garden is to provide learning opportunities for students that enhance and expand the current curriculum, develop healthy living and sustainability practices, and provide opportunities for student leadership and community service.

The goal of the program is to help participating students become leaders in environmental and nutritional awareness and community service. The garden is where this development occurs. The goal of the garden is to increase productivity through environmentally conscious and creative projects.

Larry Guinn Special Programs serves at risk High School students within the Plano district. Many of our students have never interacted with nature and do not have an understanding of what whole foods are nor what it takes to bring food to the table.

The Sherman School of Excellence School Garden Project seeks to achieve the following overall goals: - Increase student knowledge of where their food comes. - Majority of participating students will exhibit a positive attitude towards healthy foods.

Our garden is a very valuable resource to Rock Solid Refuge. It will be used to educate our students on healthy living and nutrition. It will also provide valuable work experience for students and is a vital source to providing nutritious meals year round within our program.

1. The students of Monterey High School who participate in Garden Club strive to produce organic and sustainable foods. Our goal is to raise awareness and consciousness about where food comes from amongst our peers, families, and teachers.

This grant will enable our school to invest in planter boxes, tools and supplies in order to grow vegetables and herbs as part of our outdoor classroom. We see the creation of this school garden as a way to provide our students with a "living context" in which to explore, learn and grow.

Belmont Elementary School will create an sire school garden for the purpose of providing participating students with a co-curricular activity focusing on wellness, cooking, gardening and "going green".

The Whole Kids grant will provide funds to add an irrigation system and some additional Earthboxes and seedlings for our current garden project. We have teamed up with Home Depot and People Educating People Inc. to expand our garden program which includes hydroponic and plantar box gardens.