About the Edible Garden

The Edible Garden is the venue for weekly garden classes where children learn to grow and harvest their own food. In the 2009-2010 school year, students in grades K-8 participate in hands-on organic gardening classes that reinforce academic curriculum while learning how to grow their own food and become stewards of the land. The garden includes a composting and worm composting (vermiculture) station, an outdoor classroom with green living roof and native plants, a wetlands area, citrus grove, seasonal row crops, butterfly garden, and a spacious greenhouse. With a subtropical climate, students can plant, harvest and enjoy seasonal produce all year long in New Orleans!

Located on the campus of Samuel J. Green Charter School, the 1/3 acre organic Edible Garden yields over 3,000 lbs of produce a year, which is used in seasonal cooking classes in the Edible Kitchen and by students’ families in their home kitchens. The garden also features an extensive composting station where 6,400 lbs. of food waste a year is collected in the cafeteria, diverted from our waste streem, and turned into healthy living soil.