Lessons Learned

1. Improve marketing side of The Children’s Home farm operation and Food Bank garden.
2. Education of students in the home including self-esteem building efforts.

Key Sub Activities

1. Conduct:
   • Planning meetings
   • Discover Agriculture Day Tour
   • Meetings
   • Workshops
2. Develop:
   • Brochure
   • Information Signs
   • Information Poster
   • Curriculum
3. Train:
   • Volunteers and Leaders
4. Partner:
   • Alternative School
   • Food Bank Garden
   • Children’s Home Garden
5. Provide:
   • Educational Instruction (youth & adults)
   • Materials
6. Media:
   • Arrange visits to sites

Outcomes

Learning:

• Increased knowledge of plants
• Understanding garden management plan
• Increased outreach about community gardens

Production:

• Increased growing capacity
• Improving growing efficiency

Partnerships:

• Building consensus within groups
• Expanded food pallet with consumers

Action:

• Increase knowledge of volunteers, students & consumers
• Increase/improve decision making skills of participants in gardens

Reporting:

• Increase data collection of gardens
• Increase record keeping
• Increase volunteer and staff involvement

Evidence of Activities, their Quality & Outcomes

• Pre- and post-survey of plant knowledge
• Number outreach events about community gardens
• Number lbs. produced (tracked across year)
• Pre- and post-survey of vegetables grown and eaten
• Number volunteers involved
• Number staff involved
• Number youth engaged (pre and post project)
• Acreage in production (pre and post)
• $ to farmers (pre and post)
• Number families receiving produce through the Food Bank garden
• Number partners involved