At FirstLine Schools, Edible Schoolyard New Orleans helps children grow in mind, body, and spirit. We help children create and care for nurturing, joyful spaces. In garden and kitchen classes, we focus on social-emotional learning.
You can find us at the following FirstLine Schools:
Samuel J. Green Charter School
2319 Valence St.
New Orleans, LA 70115
Green hosts our original edible garden and teaching kitchen. The garden has an outdoor classroom, compost piles, production rows, mature citrus trees, and a small pond.
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Arthur Ashe Charter School
1456 Gardena Dr.
New Orleans, LA 70122
At Ashe, we have a teaching kitchen and a one-acre edible garden. The garden has an outdoor classroom, a greenhouse, fruit trees, flower gardens, production rows, a pond, and an oak forest.
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Langston Hughes Academy
3519 Trafalgar St.
New Orleans, LA 70119
The Langston Hughes Academy Dreamkeeper Garden has production rows, a butterfly garden, compost piles, and an outdoor classroom for cooking. The school is home to goats, chickens, and a pig.
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Phillis Wheatley Community School
2300 Dumaine St.
New Orleans, LA 70119
At Wheatley, we have rain gardens, a gumbo garden, mature fruit trees, a small pond, raised vegetable beds, and shade structures for cooking.
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