What We Grow

Kinder: Snacking Garden  (IN KINDER YARD)

In kindergarten, parents determine what starters to plant in the kinder specific plot in their recess yard. Consider picking out plants that are easy to “snack-on-the-go”, like lettuce, snap peas, chives, kale, rainbow chard, or cherry tomatoes.

1st Grade: Edible Flowers Garden 

Students grow a square foot garden of radishes, beets, carrots and lettuce in the fall. They learn how to monitor insects in the garden.  In the spring, they study patterns in the moon to do moon-based planting for below or above ground crops. 

First grade parents maintain the Flower Garden.

2nd Grade: Pollinator Garden 

Students grow a square foot garden of radishes, beets, carrots and lettuce in the fall. They learn about beneficial garden insects, composting, and seed saving. 

Second grade parents maintain the Pollinator Garden.

3rd Grade: Roots & Shoots Garden

Students grow veggies on the main level, with an emphasis on propagation. They apply multiplication concepts, both working with arrays to start seeds in the greenhouse using seed trays. 

Third grade parents maintain the greenhouse and veggie beds.

4th Grade: California Grows! Garden

Students grow a California-themed garden of artichokes, strawberries, oranges and garlic that ties into social studies, learning what grows in different climate regions, gardens at the missions, and the history of the Navel orange. They juice fresh oranges and compete in a Salsa Competition during Fiesta Day. 

Fourth grade parents maintain the Artichoke Slope and California Native Plants gardens.

5th Grade: Wellness Garden

In 5th grade, students and parents will grow and maintain the upper herbal “Wellness Garden”.  They start in the fall with a scavenger hunt to learn some of the medicinal properties of plants. They have fun in the spring to develop smoothie recipes at the Smoothie Challenge and churn herb butter like pioneers during Pioneer Day.

Fifth grade parents maintain the Wellness Garden and blackberries.