School Sprouts: Birth of a Garden

A Film by Samantha Lyon and the Zanetti Gardeners.

Music by Jo Sallins and Antonio 'Elevation' Allen.

"Fruits and vegetables are delicious and good for you. They make you very healthy. And that's why I love Sammy and Joe and this garden program for all they have done to our hearts, to make us a good gardening people." -- Genesis, gardener, age 6

School Sprouts is an educational garden program running at several elementary and middle schools in Western Massachusetts. The film explores the birth of one of these gardens in an urban public school in Springfield, Mass. as a flourishing outdoor learning space, and the kids' relationship with growing and eating food together.

This inspiring short film, told from the point of view of the young gardeners themselves, shows people of all ages the beauty of gardening together and anywhere -- even in a parking lot.

School Sprouts Educational Gardens collaborates with educators and community partners to design and implement standards-driven, hands-on garden education programs. They cultivate enhanced academic performance and student wellness through a multidisciplinary approach that inspires lifelong learning.

schoolsprouts.org
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Category:

Education

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• school
• sprouts
• birth
• of
• garden
• zanetti
• montessori
• springfield
• ma
• massachusetts
• gardening
• kids
• samantha
• lyon

[Lulu4Him]

What a wonderful thing to do with children! It is a gift for life. Thumbs up!