Organization: White Oak Elementary School Website: http://www.gwinnett.k12.ga.us/WhiteOakES/index.html
The kindergarteners at White Oak Elementary in Sugar Hill, GA have been swimming in produce. This year they harvested radishes, carrots, beans, lettuce, spinach, zucchini, …
Topic: “Grant Winners 2011”
Organization: Rice Elementary School Website: http://eweb.psdschools.org/schools/rice/index.aspx
The community at Rice Elementary is determined to provide students with a hands-on education. Shari, the school garden coordinator, told us, “Our garden has been built and …
Organization: Waters Elementary School Website: www.waterstoday.org
Julie, a parent and volunteer at Waters Elementary School in Chicago, IL, told us this garden has been twenty years in the making. Partnerships with neighbors have blossomed into a “truly symbiotic …
Organization: John Greenleaf Whittier Elementary School Website: http://www.jgwhittier.org/
The Greenleaf Garden Club: Growing Together
When Greenleaf Whittier Elementary School in Camden, NJ originally wrote to us, they only planned on having three classroom container …
Organization: Glendale Acres Elementary School (Communication/Foreign Language Academy) Website: http://gaes.ccs.k12.nc.us/
Glendale Acres: Celebrating Earth Week
Deborah at Glendale Acres Elementary told us that due to a lack of funding, they would be unable to continue …
Organization: East Cooper Montessori Charter School Website: www.montessoricharterschool.com
East Cooper Montessori: Putting Down Roots
Students, teachers, and parents at East Cooper Montessori Charter School have rallied around building a strong foundation for their new …
Organization: Denver Green School Website: www.denvergreenschool.org
Denver Green School: Dirt Into Abundance
As a school built around the idea of sustainability, Denver Green School immediately embraced a garden program as a way to learn “about stewardship of the earth, …
Organization: Sparta Elementary School Website: http://www.alleghany.k12.nc.us/ses/
Sparta Elementary School: Growing Goodness on the Go
The folks at Sparta Elementary in Sparta, NC, came up with a great idea for growing goodness on the go. Cecilia, a teacher in the …
Organization: Brown Elementary School Website: http://brown.jpsms.org/
Brown Elementary School: From Seed to Table
Alex, a FoodCorps volunteer managing the garden at Brown Elementary School in Jackson, Mississippi told us that healthy eating was the focus of their …
