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  • SCHOOL FOREST
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  Garrison School Environmental Education

HUDSON VALLEY SEED

hudson valley seed

Every week, Hudson Valley Seed presents innovative, experiential and project-based food education to K-5 students at the Garrison School. Utilizing school gardens, Hudson Valley Seed offers curriculum-integrated lessons focused on healthy eating, food literacy, outdoor learning, and academic success. The organization began working with the Garrison School in March 2014.

Hudson Valley Seed and the Garrison School celebrated Earth Day by breaking ground for a new vegetable garden on April 21 and 22, 2016. The garden is located on the school grounds adjacent to the upper parking lot.

​Through experiential visits to the garden, students learn math, science, English, how to prepare food, and how to make healthy eating choices.
Fourth grade students make a rainbow kale salad during a Hudson Valley Seed lesson. ​
Students also create art projects based on a vegetable of the month. Hudson Valley Seed works closely with teachers to integrate nutrition education with New York State’s Common Core standards. ​A grant from the Garrison Children's Education Fund provides partial support for this program.  

vegetable of the month

Every month Hudson Valley Seed sends students home with fun fact sheets about vegetables.

math in the garden

These worksheets integrate vegetables and gardening into math, science and more.

suggested garden books

This is a list of gardening books that Hudson Valley Seed introduces to students.

2016 Annual report

Hudson Valley Seed's 2016 annual report details its work with students in Dutchess, Orange and Putnam counties.

Garrison Union Free School, 1100 Route 9D, Garrison, NY 10524
Phone: 845-424-3689  |  Fax: 845-424-4733