Washburn School Garden - Huertos Escolares

At Washburn we seek to show children how to grow a variety of foods – vegetables, fruits, legumes,

Benefits :

• Demonstrate to children how to improve a diet with home grown foods

• Enhance school meals with micronutrient-rich fruits and vegetables

• Promote horticultural skills 

  ·         Consuming specific vegetables can have a marked effect on children’s health;

   

  ·         Growing and preparing garden food at school increases children’s preferences for healthy fruit and vegetables;

   

  ·          Food gardening, combined with nutrition education, results in voluntary changes in diet;

   

  ·         Gardening activities, especially with organic approaches, improve children’s understanding of and attitudes to the natural environment;

   

  ·         Hands-on learning and learning by doing induce a much higher retention rate than ‘chalk and talk’