Amherst Elementary School Garden Program
We believe in the power of garden-based learning to inspire joy and help build a more just and sustainable world.
We believe in the power of garden-based learning to inspire joy and help build a more just and sustainable world.
In our schools and larger community, we create spaces and experiences for children to cultivate wonder, understanding, and agency through the exploration of nature, food, community, and culture.
In our schools and larger community, we create spaces and experiences for children to cultivate wonder, understanding, and agency through the exploration of nature, food, community, and culture.
The school gardens grow on the ancestral lands of the Norwottuck people, who are part of the Pocumtuc Confederacy, and part of the Algonquin Nation.
The school gardens grow on the ancestral lands of the Norwottuck people, who are part of the Pocumtuc Confederacy, and part of the Algonquin Nation.
This knowledge provides an essential lens through which we approach our teaching and learning.
This knowledge provides an essential lens through which we approach our teaching and learning.
We are actively working to center this in our program.
We are actively working to center this in our program.
Access the CDC's "Considerations for Outdoor Learning Gardens and Community Gardens" for COVID-19 guidance.
Access the CDC's "Considerations for Outdoor Learning Gardens and Community Gardens" for COVID-19 guidance.
Questions? Comments? Please contact Jennifer Reese, Science & Garden Coordinator (reesej@arps.org) and Leila Tunnell, Garden Educator (tunnelll@arps.org).
Questions? Comments? Please contact Jennifer Reese, Science & Garden Coordinator (reesej@arps.org) and Leila Tunnell, Garden Educator (tunnelll@arps.org).
Looking for more information about our elementary science curriculum?
Visit our Amherst & Pelham Elementary Science site
and our Science for Families site!
Looking for more information about our elementary science curriculum?
Visit our Amherst & Pelham Elementary Science site
and our Science for Families site!