About the Project

We plan to create an inclusive, organic school garden to cultivate socioemotional learning and increase the awareness of healthy eating among our students. We will integrate the garden into health and nutritional lessons through the implementation of an educational program. Our new school garden will involve building new components to the garden each month beginning next year. We want to create a communal space where students can gather and immerse themselves in outdoor activities and the art of growing produce. Our goal is for students to spend time in the garden learning about the food we are growing and where their food comes from. We aspire to expand the knowledge of the multi-faceted benefits of healthy eating to our students by encouraging students to attend after-school gardening classes hosted by Educare and our other Educational sponsors such as CaliFarmer and Moonwater Farm. Through our educational sponsors, we believe it is fundamental to increase the enrichment of students’ educational experiences by arranging in-person field trips to these local farms. Ultimately, students will share with local food banks and those in need as well as encourage other students to eat vegetables and fruit from the garden.