Burns Science and Technology Charter School Green Ambassadors
When the Oak Hill city commission accepted the challenge from our Volusia County Council to create a “Green Space”, they donated 2.7 acres for this project.
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The Importance of School Gardens During the Pandemic
Winter is a fallow time in the garden, a time of rest for plants and soil before another active growing season begins. For gardeners it is a time of planning and anticipation. For those who work in school gardens it is a time of preparing students for the joys and wonders, observations and discoveries to […]
Ronan High School Native Plant Garden: A Space for Learning, Community, & Cultural Competency
Ronan, Montana is nestled at the base of the Rocky Mountains and at the heart of the Flathead Reservation. Home to roughly 2,000 people, which include the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes (CSKT). The Ronan High School (RHS) Native Plant Garden, aims to connect the culture/goals of our students’ homes to the school. The associated […]
Campbell Elementary School’s Outdoor Classroom
Stories from the Students of Campbell Elementary School At Campbell Elementary School in Arlington, Virginia, our students are fortunate to have wonderful outdoor spaces which serve as places to to extend their lessons and provide a natural environment in which they can learn. We also have an Outdoor Learning Coordinator, Ms. Christy, who has spearheaded […]
UpGarden PPatch
I am a gardener at a community P-Patch garden in Seattle, Washington. I also volunteer/write for the P-Patch Post, which is a free bi-yearly newspaper that is mailed to each gardener in the P-Patch program. I wrote the below article, which appeared in the Spring 2016 issue of the P-Patch Post. Her name is Bonnie […]
Marjory’s Garden
Note: This story contains reference to school and gun violence. As the principal and I watched the heavy machinery level the last of the dilapidated portable classrooms, an idea flitted across my mind. On a whim, I asked if a portion of the land being cleared might be set aside for Science purposes—perhaps a garden? […]
A+ Garden Centre
The A+ Garden Centre is a community-supported and student-operated garden center located at Parkside High School in Salisbury, Maryland. The A+ Garden Centre is the largest high school garden center enterprise in United States. The Parkside Horticulture students grow and promote over 150,000 plants each year. The A+ Garden Centre is home to the All-America […]
Fred A. Toomer Educational Garden
My children were attending the local elementary school, Toomer Elementary in Atlanta, GA. This is a Title I school that has gone through a lot in the last decade or so, but was improving drastically due the community of Kirkwood and a new dynamic Principal. My daughter was in Kindergarten when I decided to join […]
The Milkweeds for Monarchs Garden at Forsyth School
In 2014, students and teachers worked together to create a monarch butterfly garden on the campus of Forsyth School in the city of St. Louis. Fifth grade big friends and junior kindergarten little friends installed 120 milkweed plants, Asclepias incarnata, about one foot apart, to serve as a food source for monarch caterpillars as well […]
Thomas Jefferson Middle School Garden
This organic garden at Thomas Jefferson Middle School in Arlington, Virginia was created as a Girl Scout Silver Award project by Cadette Troop 557. The garden was built over the course of a few years, with the bulk of it constructed in 2012-2013. A portion of the produce supports the Arlington Food Assistance Center (AFAC) […]
The Spartan Garden at White Station High School
In the fall of 2012, a group of environmentally-conscious high school students in Memphis, Tennessee, gathered around an idea. We wanted a vegetable garden to grow in our public high school, White Station, one of the largest schools in the state. Three months later, we’d raised $5,000, surged to seventy students strong, and negotiated with […]
Our School Garden at Paul
Since she was young, Maria’s dream has been to have a place with lots of flowers. Asking herself to make the dream come true she figured out that the solution was to make a garden for herself and others. I had the chance to interview with Maria and Oscar, students at Paul International High School […]