Edible Garden at George Watts Montessori
Nursery And Gardening
Why pick this one
Edible Garden at George Watts Montessori offers a 200-plus-plant school garden with 46 curriculum-linked lessons and cooking activities.
Best for
- Schools developing edible gardens
- Pre-K through fifth-grade garden lessons
- Outdoor instruction connected to science topics
- Student cooking and garden-tasting programs
Look elsewhere if
- Residential landscaping or garden maintenance
- Plant retail or nursery product purchases
- Emergency gardening services
Specialties
- edible school gardens
- garden-based curriculum for pre-K through fifth grade
- in-garden cooking and tasting events
What makes them different
- The garden includes a fruit garden and arbor, a courtyard garden, and raised playground beds.
- The site reports more than 200 plants across the three gardens.
- The program provides 46 sequenced lessons for pre-K through fifth grade.
- The lessons correlate with the North Carolina Standard Course of Study.
- Every classroom participates in weekly garden care, with nutritionist-supported cooking and tasting events.
- Serves
- Durham
Distilled from this business's own website.
Contact & Location
- Address
- 700 Watts St, Durham, NC 27701-1726
- Website
- http://www.growinggardeners.net/
Services
- school garden development
- garden lessons
- outdoor instruction
- garden-based cooking education