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 55 schools in 2024. The list of schools keeps growing! Our strength is a reproducible program that is practical for busy teachers.

People working in a community garden, planting or preparing soil in raised beds outdoors.

The Bayard School (growing since 2021)

A young girl using a yellow cordless drill with the assistance of an adult in a workshop setting. They are assembling a metal structure, with other children nearby. The setting appears to be an indoor educational or community event.

Brown Elementary (growing since 2024)

Group of people standing around a raised garden bed with colorful cutouts of vegetables and flowers

Brader Elementary (growing since 2009)

Children planting in a garden, wearing winter clothing and gloves.

Brookside Elementary (growing since 2010)

Group of people standing outdoors holding bags of leafy greens, with a garden bed in the foreground and trees in the background.

Carrcroft Elementary (growing since 2022)

Children with plants during a gardening activity

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

Two children sitting at a table with bowls of leafy greens, smiling and interacting.

Douglass Alternative (growing since 2009)

Three children watering a garden bed in a grassy area using garden hoses.

Downes Elementary (growing since 2010)

Two children holding fresh green lettuce, smiling in a classroom setting, with educational posters in the background.

Delaware School for the Deaf (growing since 2012)

A group photo of adults and children outdoors on a sunny day, standing on grass with trees in the background.

East Millsboro Elementary (growing since 2023)

Group of children standing by a garden bed with planting tools, outside a school building.

Frear Elementary (growing since 2024)

Two children holding radishes in a garden.

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

A group of children sitting on wooden stools outdoors, facing two adults in blue shirts, possibly teachers, in a grassy area with a fence and storage shed in the background.

Early Learning Center, IRSD (growing since 2022)

Child in pink shirt holding vegetables outdoors near playground

Forest Oak Elementary (growing since 2009)

Three children picking radishes from a garden bed.

Forwood Elementary (growing since 2016)

Group of people gardening and harvesting vegetables in a raised bed.

HB duPont Middle School (growing since 2017)

Two children in a kitchen setting preparing salads, wearing gloves, with bowls of fresh spinach and dressing packets on a table.

Heritage Elementary (growing since 2022)

Group of children tending to raised garden beds with young plants in an outdoor setting.

Joseph E. Johnson Elementary (growing since 2012)

Children shoveling dirt near an orange tractor on grass

Freire Charter (growing since 2017)

Group of children and adults holding bags of vegetables, posing outdoors in front of a brick wall.

Gallaher Elementary (growing since 2018)

Group of children participating in a gardening activity, with one child in the foreground smiling and holding a turnip.

John M. Clayton Elementary (growing since 2022)

Children gardening outside with soil and tools.

Hanby Elementary (growing since 2021)

Group of children and an adult holding radishes in a garden setting

Keene Elementary (growing since 2008)

Children in winter jackets participating in a gardening activity, with raised soil beds in the background.

Lancashire Elementary (growing since 2023)

Group of people and children with wheelbarrows filled with soil on a grassy field.

Lewes Elementary (growing since 2023)

A group of children and adults gardening together in a raised soil bed, wearing gloves and using small garden tools.

Lewis Dual Language Elementary (growing since 2022)

Two children carrying large bags of greenery standing next to a smiling adult outside a building, promoting healthy eating for kids.

Lombardy Elementary (growing since 2017)

Children gardening with trowels

Lord Baltimore Elementary (growing since 2022)

Group of children gardening with hand tools

Maple Lane Elementary (growing since 2023)

Group of people building raised garden beds outdoors

Marbrook Elementary (growing since 2017)

Children holding fresh vegetables like carrots and beets, standing by bins filled with the same vegetables.

Marshall Elementary (growing since 2009)

Two children planting seeds in a garden bed outdoors.

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

Children gardening in a raised bed, using hand tools to prepare soil.

Milton Elementary (growing since 2022)

Child holding freshly picked turnips in a park.

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

Group of students cooking with an instructor in a classroom, handling various vegetables like spinach and cabbage, with colorful banners in the background.

Nativity Prep (growing since 2014)

Children gardening in a school garden, smiling and holding small shovels, with a brick wall and grass in the background.

Olive B Loss (growing since 2024)

Group of children in a garden, holding fresh greens, smiling

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 a raised bed with an instructor nearby.

Odyssey Charter (growing since 2018)

Group of masked people, including children, gathered around a raised garden bed filled with green and red leafy vegetables outdoors.

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

Smiling person holding a bag of picked produce, standing on grass with trees and people in background.

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

Children and a few adults harvesting green and red lettuce in a school garden, surrounded by a fence and a building in the background.

Read Middle (growing since 2013)

Silver Lake Elementary (growing since 2025)

Group of people building a wooden structure in a backyard

Red Lion Christian Academy (growing since 2015)

Two boys smiling outdoors, holding freshly picked plants in their hands. They are dressed in jackets and standing in a sunny area with trees and buildings visible in the background.

Rehoboth Elementary (growing since 2012-2017, 2021)

Girl in a blue shirt eating a turnip indoors

Serviam Girls Academy (growing since 2017)

Southern Delaware School of the Arts (growing since 2025)

Three children in school uniforms examining plants in a garden.

Sussex Academy (growing since 2023)

Two children holding freshly harvested turnips in a garden, standing in sunlight with a fence in the background.

Shortlidge Elementary (growing since 2012)

Stubbs Early Education Center (growing since 2025)

Children planting seeds in a school garden bed, wearing masks.

South Dover Elementary (growing since 2021)

Group of children gardening together in a raised bed

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

Children planting in raised garden beds outside a brick building.

Booker T Washington (growing since 2024)

Three children holding fresh produce in front of corn plants

Springer Middle School (growing since 2005)

Children outdoors by raised garden bed, engaging in an activity. Some are raising their hands, wearing casual clothes and masks. School building in background.

Sussex Montessori (growing since 2021)

Child in pink hoodie outdoors holding something in hands

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

People assembling raised garden beds outdoors on a grassy area.

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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