Meet OUR SCHOOL PARTNERS

We’ve started a movement to “Veggie-cate the First State!” Healthy Foods for Healthy Kids’ goal is to bring our vegetable gardening program to every interested Delaware school. With more than schools in New Castle County alone, we recently expanded into Kent and Sussex Counties, bringing our total to 52 schools in 2024. Our strength is a reproducible program that is practical for busy teachers.

People gardening in raised beds

The Bayard School (growing since 2021)

A man and a young girl in a workshop setting working together on assembling or repairing a metallic structure, with the girl holding a yellow power drill. People are seated in the background on a tarpaulin.

Brown Elementary (growing since 2024)

A group of people standing around a raised garden bed decorated with cartoon vegetable characters and colorful flowers. The background features a building and trees under a clear sky.

Brader Elementary (growing since 2009)

Children gardening outdoors, pulling plants from soil

Brookside Elementary (growing since 2010)

Group of people holding bags of lettuce in a garden with trees and a building in the background.

Carrcroft Elementary (growing since 2022)

Children gardening outdoors, holding plants with soil, wearing jackets and gloves, with a fenced school building in the background.

Carrie Downie Elementary (growing since 2013) Adopted by Nemours Children’s Health

Two children smiling, holding bowls of fresh leafy greens at a table indoors.

Douglass Alternative (growing since 2009)

Three children watering a garden plot with hoses on a sunny day.

Downes Elementary (growing since 2010)

Two children in a classroom holding fresh green spinach leaves, smiling and wearing red shirts.

Delaware School for the Deaf (growing since 2012)

Group of people, including adults and children, posing outdoors in a grassy area with trees in the background.

East Millsboro Elementary (growing since 2023)

A group of children standing around a raised garden bed at a school, holding gardening tools and smiling. They are outside near a modern building with large windows, on a cloudy day, ready for gardening. The garden bed is filled with soil and ready for planting.

Frear Elementary (growing since 2024)

Two children holding freshly picked radishes from a garden.

Eisenberg Elementary (growing since 2013) Adopted by Nemours Children’s Health

Children seated outdoors on wooden stumps listening to two adults in a grassy area, with a fence and shed in the background.

Early Learning Center, IRSD (growing since 2022)

Child holding freshly harvested plants with roots in a playground setting.

Forest Oak Elementary (growing since 2009)

Three young girls picking vegetables from a garden bed with leafy greens, in front of a brick wall.

Forwood Elementary (growing since 2016)

Students harvesting plants in a garden bed, wearing gloves and casual outdoor clothing.

HB duPont Middle School (growing since 2017)

Two smiling children preparing salad cups with greens and packaged dressing in a kitchen setting, wearing gloves.

Heritage Elementary (growing since 2022)

Children standing by raised garden beds in a community garden, one child watering plants.

Joseph E. Johnson Elementary (growing since 2012)

Three young people using shovels to move dirt from a pile with a tractor in the background.

Freire Charter (growing since 2017)

A group of children and adults posing outdoors holding bags of vegetables, with a brick wall in the background.

Gallaher Elementary (growing since 2018)

Children participating in a school gardening project, with one child holding a harvested turnip.

John M. Clayton Elementary (growing since 2022)

Group of children planting seeds in a garden bed, smiling, with gardening tools, and a sunlit day backdrop.

Hanby Elementary (growing since 2021)

A group of children and a man outdoors, holding freshly picked radishes together near a fence.

Keene Elementary (growing since 2008)

A young child in a purple winter coat with a fur-lined hood is smiling at the camera. In the background, other children wearing winter clothing are participating in an outdoor gardening activity, planting seeds in soil beds.

Lancashire Elementary (growing since 2023)

Group of people outdoors with wheelbarrows full of soil in a field.

Lewes Elementary (growing since 2023)

A group of children and two adults gardening in a raised garden bed. The children are using small gardening tools to work the soil on a sunny day, wearing gloves and casual clothing.

Lewis Dual Language Elementary (growing since 2022)

Two children holding large bags of green vegetables, standing with an adult wearing a "Healthy Foods for Healthy Kids" T-shirt, in front of a brick wall outdoors.

Lombardy Elementary (growing since 2017)

Children planting seeds in a garden bed with trowels, supervised by an adult. They are aligned along parallel rows of soil on a sunny day.

Lord Baltimore Elementary (growing since 2022)

Children gardening in a community garden, wearing jackets and gloves, holding small tools, with a blue sky background.

Maple Lane Elementary (growing since 2023)

Community volunteers building raised garden beds outdoors in a park.

Marbrook Elementary (growing since 2017)

Children holding freshly harvested carrots and beets standing behind crates filled with vegetables.

Marshall Elementary (growing since 2009)

Two young girls planting seeds in a garden bed outdoors.

McVey Elementary (growing since 2010-17, 2021-)

Children gardening together outdoors, using hand tools to work on a planting bed, in a garden setting with green grass and raised beds visible.

Milton Elementary (growing since 2022)

Child holding up freshly picked turnips in a playground setting.

Mt. Pleasant Elementary (growing since 2014) Adopted by Natural Lawn of America

Group of children with an adult preparing food in a classroom setting, featuring bowls of spinach and cabbage, with banners hanging in the background.

Nativity Prep (growing since 2014)

Group of children gardening outside, smiling, with one holding a small spade near a vegetable bed, on a sunny day.

Olive B Loss (growing since 2024)

Group of children holding fresh greens in an outdoor garden setting.

New Castle Elementary (growing since 2014)

Children harvesting lettuce in a garden.

North Star Elementary (growing since 2012) Adopted by Point-to-Point Wealth Planning

Children gardening in raised beds

Odyssey Charter (growing since 2018)

People gathered around a garden bed with leafy greens, wearing masks.

Phillip C. Showell Elementary (growing since 2021) Adopted by Coastal Gardeners

Child holding a bag of apples outside in a grassy area, smiling.

Pleasantville Elementary (growing since 2015) Adopted by Adesis, Inc.

Group of children gardening by harvesting lettuce in a school garden.

Read Middle (growing since 2013)

Children working on building a wooden structure, with a drill and planks, in a yard next to a brick house.

Red Lion Christian Academy (growing since 2015)

Two boys holding small plants in an outdoor setting.

Rehoboth Elementary (growing since 2012-2017, 2021)

Smiling girl biting a white radish in a classroom setting, wearing a headband and Serviam Girls Academy t-shirt, with other students in the background.

Serviam Girls Academy (growing since 2017)

Three young children observing plants in a garden setting outdoors.

Sussex Academy (growing since 2023)

Two children holding turnip plants, smiling outdoors near a garden and fence.

Shortlidge Elementary (growing since 2012)

Children gardening with trowels in a raised bed near a school building, wearing masks.

South Dover Elementary (growing since 2021)

Group of children with gardening tools standing along a raised garden bed filled with soil outdoors.

Wilmington Manor Elementary (growing since 2023) Adopted by Nemours Children’s Hospital

Children planting in raised garden beds outside near a brick building with adult supervision on a grassy field.

Booker T Washington (growing since 2024)

Three children standing in front of tall corn plants, holding baskets of fresh vegetables, including tomatoes and cucumbers, with a clear blue sky and building in the background.

Springer Middle School (growing since 2005)

Children standing around raised garden beds filled with soil, some wearing masks, in a yard outside a building.

Sussex Montessori (growing since 2021)

Young child wearing a pink GAP hoodie, outside, looking at something in hands with focus.

West Park Place Elementary (growing since 2010) Adopted by Navient

People assembling wooden raised garden beds in a field.

Wilson Elementary (growing since 2011)

Our IMPACT

School garden programs work! Learn more about how HFHK is creating a proven healthier future for today’s kids. We love watching students grow in their understanding of gardening science as well as their love of vegetables.

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Our SCHOOL
GARDEN PROGRAM

Our program is specifically designed to fit into the academic year and promote student health. HFHK’s Education Cultivation program provides hands-on gardening activities through lessons that support Delaware State learning standards. Students experience “seed to table” growing each spring AND fall, and EAT fresh vegetables they’ve grown in their cafeterias.

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SPONSORSHIP

We are proud to provide our program at no cost to our partner schools. Help 21,000 Delaware students grow vegetables tomorrow by sponsoring Healthy Foods for Healthy Kids today. Businesses, foundations, and individuals may become sponsors of one or more of these gardens.

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