Growing minds by growing school gardens: Laurie Brekke at TEDxNavesink

When Laurie Brekke and Hope Hanlon created the learning garden for Atlantic Highlands Elementary School, they assumed it would be embraced with open arms: a gift; an outdoor playground to be used as a hands-on teaching tool, incorporating everything from science to the arts. However, teachers have too much to accomplish and structure became king. Over time and growing classroom sizes, play became secondary and the teachers were unsure about how the garden could help them. But children knew, and while their teachers may have forgotten how to let go of structure and have fun, their students taught them the most valuable lesson of all..there is so much more to learn in a school garden than just gardening.
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[@Mikebaldwin007]

Great to see ways of engaging and inspiring young people using outdoor spaces. The possibilities are endless.

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I am interested in setting up a garden at my local school to provide free salad bar for students in need. I need help

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