Go!Gardens transforms school environments and community centers into vibrant growing spaces that teach children about agriculture and cultivate their interests in healthy eating.

Launched in 2006 to complement Go!Healthy’s in-classroom nutrition curriculum, Go!Gardens provides more than 475 children with a “seed to table,” STEM-based education in 12 gardens across Children’s Aid sites.

Growing bodies, growing minds

Schoolyards, underutilized community gardens, and rooftops become organic laboratories where children and youth (ages 3-18) are introduced to the pleasures of growing, harvesting, and tasting fresh fruits and vegetables. Young children simultaneously learn about natural biological processes like cover pollination, plant morphology, and photosynthesis.

When kids garden in school, they are more likely to consume fruits and vegetables. And very often, they bring the excitement of growing food back to their homes. So it’s no coincidence that the fresh fruits and vegetables grown in Go!Gardens are used by youth across Children’s Aid sites in their culinary explorations.