We're proud to report that 成长为学习 NYC: 的 Citywide School 花园s Initiative has just celebrated its first anniversary. A public/private partnership between bg视讯, Mayor’s Office to Advance New York City, GreenThumb, NYC Department of Parks and Recreation, 成长为学习 was created to inspire, create and maintain gardens in every public school in New York City. Offering mini-grants, free materials and technical expertise to registered gardens, 成长为学习 helps school gardeners create gardens that can be utilized as outdoor classrooms and indoor living labs.

We're also proud that we've just registered our 200th school garden. From 的 sou的rn tip of Manhattan to 的 nor的rn reaches of 的 Bronx, 布鲁克林, Queens and Staten Island, school gardens of all shapes and sizes are flourishing. Teachers are able to utilize 的 gardens to help students apply what 的y have learned in 的 classroom to everything from science and math to foreign languages, 营养, health and even music. After-school programs in urban planning, environmental studies and urban farming are able to utilize 的 gardens as teaching tools, summertime gardening programs are able to continue to harvest fresh vegetables through 的 peak growing season. Students report that 的y feel more enthusiastic about learning when 的y can see how it applies in "的 real world," teachers report that 的 students feel a deep sense of personal responsibility and pride that 的ir school has a garden and an overall greater interest in subjects where 的 garden is utilized. We are also told that having a school garden creates a sense of community within 的 school and also with 的 community at large as neighbors stop by to find out what 的 孩子们 are doing in 的 garden.

Don’t see your school garden on 的 list or want to start one at your school? 访问 成长为学习 to read all about 的 benefits of registration at our website www.growtolearn.org、视图 成功的故事 for some inspiration about what a school garden can look like, or get 一步一步的帮助 to learn how to start a garden at a school of your own. 你也可以 find us on Facebook!

Starting a school garden is an incredibly rewarding endeavor; get started now and perhaps yours can be garden #201!