School Gardens

Bellingham Public Schools welcome partnerships with non-profit, community organizations who support teaching and learning in our schools.  The school gardens project is an example of one such successful district collaboration with Common Threads Farm.  Scroll down to bottom of page to see list of schools involved.

If you would like to start a school garden, please fill out the application and return it to Common Threads Farm.

National Farm to School Network: www.farmtoschool.org

Common Threads and the School Garden Collective: www.commonthreadsfarm.org

Washington State Department of Agriculture

Bellingham District Farm-to-School Advisory Group

Bellingham District School Garden Procedures

Can You Dig It? Two principals work together to inspire a green community partnerhsip, from The Principal News, Fall 2010

Photos from our school garden program; click on images to enlarge.

Parkview students learn to pull weeds and plant flowers

Garden educator Liz Schale shows Parkview students how to plant strawberries

 
Students tend to the soil at Happy Valley Elementary

Schools with School Gardens include:

Alderwood Elementary, Birchwood Elementary, Columbia Elementary, Geneva Elementary, Happy Valley Elementary, Parkview Elementary, Roosevelt Elementary, Fairhaven Middle School and Shuksan Middle School