School Garden Clubs

May 9, 2024

Garden Clubs: G.W. Carver Elementary

This month’s featured garden club is a perfect example of how a garden club can be the key factor in sustaining a school garden effort. It is also a unique example of garden leadership where the school nurse has chosen to be the garden lead rather than a classroom or exploratory teacher. Abraya Johnson, MPH,… 

Mar 9, 2024

Garden Clubs: Patriots STEM Elementary

One of the ways garden clubs can help sustain a school garden is that they can provide ownership. Garden “ownership” ensures that the garden will be maintained, planted and harvested. Whoever the owner of the garden is has a vested interest in its upkeep. While a garden club may serve as the “owner” of the… 

Jan 30, 2024

Garden Clubs: Cabarrus Early College

Sometimes we intentionally choose gardening, and sometimes gardening finds us. For the Cobra Service Club at Cabarrus Early College of Technology, the latter is true. The students did not sign up for a garden club, but rather a service club. However, as the club considered how to serve others, gardening and its potential impact on… 

Nov 23, 2023

School Garden Clubs: Hickory Ridge Middle School

We regularly emphasize that the school garden is a space where students can engage in all subject areas, not just an area for the science teachers, but you don’t have to take our word for it; just ask the students at Hickory Ridge Middle School in Harrisburg, NC. Doug interviewed art teacher, Lindsey Kiral, who… 

Sep 23, 2023

School Garden Clubs: Kannapolis YMCA

According to the National Institutes of Health, the number of school gardens is on the rise, and we’re excited to be a part of that trend. How school gardens are used and who manages them varies widely. We’ve mostly focused on curriculum connections and how standards-based lessons can be delivered in the garden space. However,…