OKC Harvest
OKC Harvest is the school garden support program of OKC Beautiful. Our goal is to empower students with hands-on learning through the transformative experience of gardening at school.
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In these gardens, students don’t just learn how to grow food. They practice math through planting plans, explore science through ecosystems, strengthen literacy through observation and reflection, and experience improved physical, emotional, and nutritional well-being.
The Garden Educator Program
Our garden educators maintain the gardens year-round, growing produce for students, their families, and the surrounding community. Garden Educators also teach interactive lessons on a consistent basis, with curriculum tied to Oklahoma Academic Standards.
OKC Harvest Lesson Plans and Resources:
Are you an educator who wants to incorporate garden education at your school or organization? We have lesson plans, resources, and more to share with you - at no cost!
See us in action!
Students remove cool-season crops to prepare for spring planting.
A student shares an entry from their garden journal.
First hand knowledge of the natural world is part of the school garden experience.
Volunteers build a pollinator garden at a new school garden site.
Students share their work from their garden journals.
A student examines a monarch caterpillar up close
A student grabs a second bowl of veggie stir fry during nutrition lessons.
Students harvest onions from their school garden
A student explores a garden bed full of tomatoes.
Harvesting and tasting garden produce is a routine part of the garden experience.
Seed dissection is an opportunity to learn about biology, parts of a seed, and germination.
A student explores the luffa gourd trellis.
A student harvests sugar snap peas from their garden.
A student gives a weather report during a lesson on climate and seasons.
A student explores the compost corral to see decomposition in action.
Students practice observation and language arts in their garden journals.
Students learn about garden design.
A student plants a seed with the help of their Garden Educator, Paiton.
Cover crops build soil health over the wintertime.
Students try lettuce grown in their school garden.
Students listen during a garden lesson in their outdoor classroom.