Schoolyard Gardens Program
Groundwork Somerville offers year-round garden-based education to children from kindergarten to eighth grade, in all of the city’s eight public elementary and middle schools, a public charter school, and a public library. In both in-school and after-school programs, children learn to plan, plant, tend, and harvest from their own school gardens. They cook with food they have grown. They learn biology, chemistry, math, English, and social studies in a practical, hands-on laboratory. The school gardens have all been built with volunteer labor, and most are located on sites that were previously paved or abandoned.
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Check out our schoolyard garden sites: View Schoolyard Gardens map!
Garden Workshops: Do you offer programming to elementary or middle school students? Do you want to enrich your children’s programming with a Groundwork Somerville Garden Club or Workshop? Click Hereto find out more.
Garden Consulting: Are you looking for help starting a school garden in your community? Groundwork Somerville offers consulting services to garden advocates in neighboring cities hoping to start or improve their own vibrant schoolyard garden programs! Click here for more information.
Garden Education Interns and Volunteers needed this Fall!: Check out our Volunteer Page to learn about upcoming opportunities.
