School Gardens Bloom in Nac

Nac School Gardens Bloom

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Friday, October 6, 2017

Vol XCIII, No. 311

SFA Gardens: Nacogdoches Naturally

First Carrot Harvest Sparks Pure Joy

Eight years of partnership with Boys and Girls Club

Thomas J. Rusk Elementary School Garden

3rd year of inspiring healthy eaters

Learning and retention improved with emotional and hands-on engagement

I love gardening club. I wish we could come to the garden everyday!

-TJR 3rd grade Garden Bud

Carpenter Elementary Science Teacher

Volunteers, Sponsors and Grants Cultivate Programs

Nac High School: Mega Lunch Club

Offers after school garden club and outdoor learning

• Kerry and Jim Lemon (Volunteers of the Decade)
• Resilient Nacogdoches
• Pineywoods Permaculture
• Austin Heights Earth Care Ministry
• SFA Gardens
• Texas A&M AgriLife Extension
• Keep Nacogdoches Beautiful
• Garden Capital of Texas
• Healthy Nacogdoches Coalition
• Pines Garden Club
• Gillespie Lumber
• G & S Lumber
• Newk's Eatery
• Cook's Nursery
• Walmart
• Nacogdoches Public Library and the Seed Library

Forces of

Motion

New Sprouts: Head Start, Regents & Fredonia Elementary

Breaking ground this year!

Studies Track Increase of Fruit & Veg Consumption

Learning nutrition with garden-based education

Outdoor Classroom Digs Decomposition

...positive impacts on direct academic outcomes with highest positive impact for science followed by math and language arts.

-"Impact of Garden-Based Learning on Academic Outcomes in Schools: Synthesis of Research Between 1990-2010"

Clair Berezowitz argues that "education on healthy living" and improvement in core academic performance may "appear to be competing concerns, [however] they may [in fact] interact beneficially".

"...once weekly use of gardening activities and hands-on classroom activities help improve science achievement tests scores..."

-Berezowitz, Claire K. "School Gardens Enhance Academic Performance and Dietary Outcomes in Children" Journal of School Health.

-Impact of hands-on science through school gardening in Louisiana public elementary schools

Looking Ahead in the Garden Capital of Texas

Building Soil and Community

Gardening Gets Students Outside and Moving!

School Garden Coordinators: crucial piece for longevity

Many hands make light work and create resilience

Studies show frequent breaks, fresh air and movement improve overall behavior and learning outcomes

Lettuce work

together ! thank you Berry much!

"Hindrances to positive outcomes include “lack of funding and over reliance on volunteers,” while "integration of gardening activities into the school curriculum were thought to support success”

“A systematic review of the health and well-being impacts of school gardening: synthesis of quantitative and qualitative evidence.” BMC Public Health.