School garden

In the home geography in the early grades classes of children are required to visit the gardens and study the processes of cultivation and marketing the products.

Children can be taught about the principles involved in farming, the raising of corn and other grains, the feeding of cattle, dairying and butter-making, fruit-culture, as of berries, stone-fruits, apples, and pears.

It creates an opportunity for intergenerational learning, where people of different ages can come together to grow food and work towards a sustainable environment and community.

School gardens ultimately contribute to connections between students, teachers, community, food, nature, and sustainability.

School gardens can extend far beyond the growing of vegetables and produce to incorporate more complex ecological STEM systems.

Food, energy, shelter, sanitation, and water can all be provisioned in a school garden that has the right circular systems in operation.

A school garden can be a powerful STEM instructional component within a larger educational land lab.

The experiential nature of cultivating school gardens has allowed it to be effective in increasing their preference and consumption of fruits and vegetables.

[4] However, more quantitative research is needed to prove school gardens' beneficial effects on health and well-being.