What a great time Organic Garden Club members had planting seven fruit trees (4 avocados, 2 cherimoyas, and 1 lemon) and weeding the future herb garden at One Spark Academy for middle schoolers. We donated lots of compost and an apple tree! Fortunately, we had an electric auger to dig the holes.

Organic school gardens are a perfect science lab, where kids can experience the miracle of life and learn history, science, and math with practical applications. Garden projects in outdoor class rooms help kids to learn where their food comes from.  At One Spark Academy, kids have the opportunity to learn how to grow their own food in the various gardens and how to cook in the school kitchen and prepare lunch for the school.

School gardens give kids not only food, but exercise, science projects, and the connection to what is alive on the planet around us. Pointing kids to the joys of growing and cooking their own food instills positive eating habits, leadership skills, and better attitudes.  A school garden is a sustainable program that creates healthy kids and ultimately a healthy planet.