Many students who haven’t been raised in rural areas have never seen seeds germinate or food grow. Seeing or even eating fresh vegetables will be a unique experience for some students. Students who participate in hands-on garden classroom programs are more concerned about resource conservation and allocation than students who do not. The skills and messages students learn about healthy food in the school garden can be transferred back to their homes and lifestyles.

Thirty percent of the world’s food is wasted. Children will learn how much care and time it takes to produce fruits and vegetables by growing food in school gardens. Participants in the student gardening activities also have more positive attitudes toward nature, gardening, and environmental issues. The schools can use the results of the project work in order to improve the school’s own internal curriculum, which will finally lead to an image as an ecologically active school.

We also hope that students and teachers will engage themselves more intensively in the ecosystems surrounding the school.