Learning Gardens at Tillamook County schools

These living outdoor classrooms were once for student education purposes only, yet the highest-yield growing season is when school is out for the summer. Any seeds students planted would die without watering; the half-harvested crops not yet done maturing would shrivel.

 

The solution was that the Food Roots Farm to School staff became engaged in Food Roots' Local Food Equity programming during the summer. They hosted casual and educational garden work parties at which families and individuals volunteered their efforts, and the healthy, harvested produce (over 656 pounds total by October) were donated to the school food pantries. ​

 

Food Roots aims to continually support the food pantries, our neighbors, and other organizations as we improve the Learning Garden experience and bounty in 2025.