Inspired by Michelle Obama’s White House garden and Alice Water’s Edible Schoolyard, communities across the country are embracing the value of school gardens. The Seedlings Project in Springs, NY was started by two parents who happened to be chefs. With the help of organizations like Project MOST, they were able to secure enough funding to expand the project by adding a greenhouse and employing a full-time gardener who also assists teachers in utilizing the garden in their lesson plans.
Parents and teachers are particularly interested in the nutritional education that their children are receiving. With obesity hitting epidemic proportions in the U.S., connecting kids with the food that they eat is well worth the effort. But their education extends beyond nutrition. One instructor at the Bridgehampton School has her high school design students use 3D animation software to design their landscape projects, then they head to the garden to build them.
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