At Johnson Street Global Studies students tend three large gardens around the school where we grow vegetables, flowers and fruit: one for kindergarten, one for elementary and one for middle school. The garden program was started many years ago and is always changing. For the past four years we have also partnered with FoodCorps and Guilford County 4-H to bring additional hands-on garden learning to our school. This spring we hope to add an outdoor classroom with benches and an herb garden.
Students also learn about food and nutrition by cooking and tasting the vegetables they grow as well as completing service learning projects. For example, last fall the ACES after school program sold over 80 pounds of sweet potatoes they grew to raise money to purchase healthy meals for several school families in need of cheer over the holidays.
Come visit us anytime! You can see our apple trees, sit at a picnic table and admire the daffodils, or taste some yummy carrots!
Contact lewisr2@gcsnc.com or washinm@gcsnc.com to get involved!
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