Programs

•  The Granny’s Garden School program at Loveland has set the standard for merging school gardens with the classroom.  We turned the school grounds into teaching gardens where we provide plant based environmental education to Loveland's 1,700 K-4th grade students. We use the process of growing flowers and vegetables to teach across the curriculum. Our produce is enjoyed by the students as they work in the gardens and is served in the cafeteria.     Though based on school grounds we are a separate 501 (c) (3) non-profit. We are not funded by the school district and provide our services free of charge.

• The Schoolyard Nature Network is the natural outgrowth of the requests for information and training from the nearly 100 institutions that have come to tour and observe our methods.  Through the Network, we guide educators in the innovative and practical conversion of school grounds into sustainable outdoor learning environments.  Our goal is to strengthen the school garden movement by serving as a guide for others to learn from our experience. 

• The Family Garden Project encourages families to develop vegetable and flower gardens in their backyards.  As our students are introduced to gardening at school, they are taking what they learn home and getting their parents involved.  There is a long list of good things that can come out of families gardening at home.