Love this graphic from Grow Food Not Lawns and it reminded me of a Miami Herald article I read earlier this year about Leewood K-8 Center public school in Miami.
Seventh-grade science teacher, Angela Holbrook, started the project with her class August 2012. They planted an organic food garden near their classroom, and students from all grade levels help with the tending and harvesting.
Holbrook taught her students how to irrigate plants by collecting rainwater in barrels and keep pests under control by bringing in ladybugs.
Fenced in using colorful wooden frames, twelve rectangular soil beds house the vegetables and fruits of the class’s labor – tomatoes, strawberries, cabbages, broccoli and several other leafy greens.
Produce from the garden is used in the school’s cafeteria or donated to the local food banks.
So if you agree that every school should have a garden similar to Miami’s Leewood K-8 Center, check out Grow Food Not Lawn’s Facebook page, and “like” the idea.
And if you know of another school in Miami-Dade that has its own food garden, send me an email or comment below. I would love to feature them in future blog posts.
Paul Kachur
October 19, 2013 at 4:28 pm…sounds like something Michelle Obama might support
BracesForImpact
October 19, 2013 at 5:38 pmRT @MelanieInMiami: Share if you think Every School Should Have A Garden http://t.co/giOOhUh1oF
Ursyl Kukura-Straw
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Melanie Dawn Molina Wood
October 20, 2013 at 3:07 am😉 But seriously Paul, I agree that Michelle Obama would be very supportive of the Leewood program and the idea in general.
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