Vision Statement:

The students will learn how to nurture and sustain a variety of plants (vegetables, fruits, native, herbs, etc) within a garden environment. The Green Sprouts School Garden Program will teach them the principles of organic horticulture and provide them with an understanding of why we should grow at least some of the food we eat. This will be accomplished through both hands-on learning in the garden setting as well as through lessons delivered in the classroom.

Through these lessons the students will learn about the importance of biodiversity and the nurturing of food security through seed saving. We are losing many of the heritage varieties of fruits and vegetables through hybridization breeding programs, seed company take-overs, mono-culture farming practices and a general lack of enough gardeners with the desire to keep these strains going.

Optimally, the students will gain an awareness of the influences and the consequences of our actions. What we do always has an impact and through working in their school garden, the students will gain an understanding of the broader impact on the natural world.

 

Goals:

      1. To introduce the students to the wonderful world of horticulture 
      2. Teach the students the importance of growing food for healthy living 
      3. Provide the students with an understanding of the relationship between plants, soil, insects and weather 
      4. Teach the students the importance of biodiversity
      5. Teach the students the importance of nurturing food security
      6. Lead the students toward a comprehension of the interactions between the fundamental elements of a
            sustainable ecosystem 
      7. Ensure the learning process throughout the Green Sprouts School Garden Program is a fun and unique
            experience 
      8. Develop the Green Sprouts School Garden Program so it will become an integral part of the education
            program throughout the years for generations of students to come