Thirteen Acre Learning Garden in Portland, OR

Link to article The Learning Gardens Laboratory, across the street from Lane Middle School, is a vibrant project that is strengthening ties between a diverse group of students and their families and communities. While they are growing vegetables for Lane’s cafeteria salad bar in the spring, students are learning skills in math, writing, sustainable agriculture, [...]

Growing Vegetables at School Supports Community and Education

Link to article Besides the popular science lesson objectives to growing vegetables, extending the lesson to planting a garden plot at school provides connections to many other subjects as well. Deciding where to plant provides students with opportunities to communicate and negotiate with school administration about the location. Determining whether to plant in the ground [...]

Venice High School Learning Garden in CA

Link to article The Learning Garden is much more than a garden. For the students of the high school it is an opportunity to be closer to nature, a place to learn about respecting the environment and taking care of plants and animals. For the teachers it is a place of solace. For the community [...]

Classes Sprout in Food Garden At Lord Roberts Elementary School

Link to article The 250 enthusiastic students of Lord Roberts have been learning valuable lessons about science, nutrition and how their environment works by planting, tending and harvesting vegetables. At the same time, they’ve helped beautify their concrete neighbourhood, while gaining a new understanding and respect for the miracles of nature.

City Green organizing community gardens to educate New Jersey students

Link to article City Green is a non-profit community garden organization currently working in Paterson, New Jersey. Their “City Sprouts” program addresses the need for in school and after-school enrichment in the Paterson Public Schools, educating children on the environment, nutrition, and how to grow fresh healthy food. This following is an overview of City [...]

The School Garden Project in Lane County Oregon

Link to article The School Garden Project is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization that helps schools create and sustain gardens where hands-on learning connects students with their environment and local food system. We provide advice in school garden design and construction, train volunteers to work in gardens, distribute material resources to local schools, and coordinate garden-based [...]

Raleigh Park Elementary School Community Garden

Link to article Our garden is located outside the South wall of the building and is about 90 by 150 feet. It contains many diverse areas, or little gardens within the large garden: Japan,China, Mexico and Australia display plants from those countries. We have a pioneer garden, native garden, bird garden, butterfly garden and herb [...]

Atkinson Elementary School garden in Portland, Oregon

Link to article The Outdoor Learning Gardens (OLG) project at Atkinson Elementary School in Portland, Oregon was founded in Spring 2001 by two Atkinson parents. “The Outdoor Learning Gardens committee is dedicated to providing and maintaining natural spaces on our school grounds where the Atkinson community can have sustained and meaningful interactions with the living [...]

Lunch with Alice Waters in Larchmont elementary school’s garden

Link to article “There are lots of wonderful gardens that are happening in schools, and some progress is being made in the kitchens,” Waters, chef-owner of the restaurant Chez Panisse in Berkeley, Calif., said in the garden at Larchmont Charter School.

TEMECULA: Garden program gets state honor

Link to article A program in Temecula schools that allows children to work in gardens on their campuses and learn about growing food and plants has earned the district a statewide award. There are gardens at 22 Temecula Valley Unified School District campuses, where children gets hands-on lessons about topics such as science, weather and [...]