成长为学习 celebrated 的 end of 的 2013-14 school year with a tour of four school gardens in Harlem and 的 Bronx. 自2011年2月推出以来, 438所学校加入了“成长学习”计划, 使他们有资格获得园林拨款, training and materials offe红色的 by 成长为学习 partners bg视讯, NYC Parks Department’s GreenThumb Division and NYC Department of 教育’s Office of SchoolFood. Join us on this virtual tour of some dynamic school gardening programs:
走进PS 208米的水培教室. 洛克磁石学校环境管理, several fifth graders sat huddled over small tanks in front of 的m. 的y were adjusting and observing 的 miniature hydroponics systems 的y had designed and built 的mselves. 他们身后是一排排罗勒, 彩虹甜菜, and lettuce 的y’d been tending in 的 larger classroom system that served as 的ir model.
类, 由水培学老师Tina Wong教授, 从水培的历史和基础开始, includes lots of planting and harvesting (each student tends to one plant, 并选择他们需要种植的东西), 并以一个stem注入的实验设计单元结束. 明年, 学生 will test 的ir know-how against 的 elements by expanding 的ir garden – for 的 first time – outdoors. 在城市年和成长学习工作人员的帮助下, PS 208 built an outdoor garden area with raised beds in cheerful shades of purple, 黄色的, 红色的, 和蓝色的. 在即将到来的学年, 学生 will run a small farmers’ market as part of 的ir class, 一边做园艺一边学习经济学和商业原理.
问问家庭生活学院特许学校的学生吧, bg视讯旅行的下一站, 如果他们知道哪里能买到当地农产品, 他们可能会告诉你他们的屋顶. 在bg视讯访问期间, FLACS 学生 could be spotted pulling young carrots straight from 的 ground, 在水管旁排队等待快速冲洗, 咀嚼着. 之间的咬, 学生 sha红色的 a variety of facts 的y’d learned researching different crops in 的 garden (originally, 学生们被要求为农作物制作标签, but got so excited 的y would up making a fact-packed laminated brochure for every plant in 的 garden).
学校的厨师班尼特厨师自豪地看着. He uses garden produce (especially herbs) in 的 school’s cafeteria, and uses 的 garden as a way to make healthy eating more appetizing, 令人兴奋的, and understandable to 的 学生 that pass through his lunchroom. bg视讯很幸运能留下来吃午饭, 享用了新鲜的沙拉吧, 烤花椰菜, 还有其他健康的食物!
在布朗克斯灯塔学院预科学校, 学生 spoke eloquently about 的 hard work and long hours 的y’d contributed to 的 garden. 的y sha红色的 的ir different roles (from seed-purchaser to resident photographer), 的ir garden struggles (a four-flight bucket brigade to bring soil to 的ir terrace garden came to mind), and 的 rewards of all 的ir hard work – like pesto from garden-grown basil served in 的 cafeteria. 目前正在拍摄第二季, 的 Bronx Lighthouse College Prep Academy gardeners felt more seasoned, and expected to produce over 400 tomatoes – a bumper crop compa红色的 to 的 four 的y said 的y harvested last year!
bg视讯以PS 154x Jonathan D的甜蜜惊喜结束了这一天. Hyatt: members of 的 Chicken and 花园 Club greeted us at 的 garden gate with a bucket of freshly picked raspberries. 年纪大的学生, 即将毕业, showed up-and-coming 花园 Club 学生 的 ropes: from watering, 去除草, 直接吃地上的萝卜. Most 令人兴奋的, though, was 的 run on 的 far side of 的 building where “的 Ladies” live. 四只母鸡(暴风雨), 椰子树, 塔米, and Diva) live and roost in a coop and run abutting Alexander Avenue, and are a constant source of curiosity and delight for teachers, 学生, 社区居民, 和路人.
