What We Do + How We Do It

What We Do…

We connect children to the natural world, guiding them to understand the importance of a healthy environment. Our science in the garden lessons encourage exploration and curiosity. We teach strong leadership, personal responsibility, and gentle respect when we work together in the garden. We’re helping to grow our future engineers, scientists, teachers, farmers and parents!

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How We Do It…

The School Garden Project works with one grade level at each school, bringing students into the garden for a one-hour lesson every other week for a total of 5 weeks of lessons in the Fall and 5 – 7 weeks of lessons in the Spring.

Activities are designed to introduce children to new science concepts, reinforce reading and vocabulary skills, teach basic gardening skills and encourage eating healthy garden produce. SGP’s curriculum meets Next Generation Science Standards.

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Our Programs

SGP measures the outcomes from our programming through our teacher proctored “pre“ and “post“ program student assessments.
Historically our results are as follows:
– 86% of our students demonstrate an increase in science knowledge
-68% of our students report trying more vegetables
-65% of our students report liking more vegetables.

Science In The Garden

We partner with schools in four districts to provide specialized instruction in garden-based learning. We provide and implement a curriculum that meets Next Generation Science Standards.

4J “BEST” Program

As an enrichment partner, SGP delivers STEAM in the garden at multiple sites of the BEST (Boosting and Enriching Students Today) after school program. SGP strives to balance between garden fun and academic enrichment.

Summer Programming

We partner with Boys & Girls Clubs of Emerald Valley and local school districts through the SEAL (Summer Enrichment and Academic Learning) program, bringing garden and science programming to help students boost their wellbeing, expand their learning and re-engage with peers during the summer months.