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Lawrence Elementary Garden

The Lawrence Elementary Garden

Our mission is to provide Lawrence Elementary School children with an outdoor classroom where all kids can engage in the core curriculum through practical activities like planting, growing, and harvesting. 

Lawrence Elementary Garden Logo

The G.R.U.B. Principles

  • Lawrence student leaders have developed the following principles to follow with each visit to the Lawrence Elementary Garden: 

    • GROW our outdoor fun by being thoughtful, safe, and mindful.
    • RESPECT our space, it is a place for all living things to be happy.
    • UPCYCLE, our garden will be a place where we bring new life to used things.

BE KIND to all things.  Including people, animals, bugs, plants, and our garden tools.

We LOVE Garden Volunteers!

In the Lawrence Elementary Garden, we love helpers! Volunteers are welcome for the following:

  • Lunchtime Garden Time: Offered each Wednesday from 12 to 1:15, students have an opportunity to spend their recess time helping in the garden by weeding, planting, harvesting, and watering.  Volunteers are encouraged to come and help guide the kids during their activities.  
  • Garden Thursdays: Lawrence Teachers are encouraged to sign their classes up to visit the garden when they have curriculum-aligned activities. Community volunteers are encouraged to join and assist during student class times. If you would like to assist during your student's garden times, please let your teacher know that you are interested, so you can be included in the scheduled activity. 
  • Weekend Beautification Events: Offered every other Saturday, our weekend beautification events provide working parents and community members with opportunities to volunteer.  Most weekend beautification events will be focused on the garden expansion project or pumpkin patch.
Group of children and adults in a garden area

Garden Growing Experiences

We are pleased to offer many different garden experiences for the Lawrence Elementary Community. These Garden Growing Experiences include, but are not limited to: 

  • The Pumpkin Patch was started as the Pumpkin Graveyard in November 2023 to provide an opportunity for kids to experience donating their Halloween pumpkins.  As the pumpkins decomposed, we observed the natural powers of insects, bugs, and fungi.  In the spring of 2024, we watched seeds sprout into hundreds of new healthy plants that grew into a pumpkin patch full of beautiful orange pumpkins of all sizes. 
  • The Lunch Quad will soon be full of natural plants supporting sustainability and a healthy natural habitat for pollinators we will see help further grow our garden. 
  • The Garden expansion project will kick off this winter, funded by the Whole Foods Whole Kids Foundation Grant.  The grant funds support doubling the number of raised garden beds, providing students the opportunity to develop a garden cart that will contribute funds towards further garden development.
Volunteers Needed