OKC Harvest
OKC Harvest is the school garden support program of OKC Beautiful. Our goal is to empower students to experience hands-on learning through the transformative experience of gardening at school. To do this we involve students in the preparation of garden soil, planting, growing and eating healthy foods.
Why is OKC Beautiful investing in school gardens? Because a child who has experienced nature can learn to care about it.
The Garden Educator Program
Our garden educators coordinate weekly maintenance and provide garden lessons regularly to students. Our garden-based and health-centered curriculum ties into state academic standards and emphasizes Sciences, Math and Language concepts. Health, Social Studies and Art are also consistently woven in.
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 study germination and learned about the parts of a seed.
Science journals are a natural feature of garden-based learning.
First hand knowledge of the natural world is part of the school garden experience.
Kindergarten students practice organizing and sorting while exploring garden seeds.
A student records observations in the Compost Corner at Cleveland Elementary.
A student examines a monarch caterpillar up close
A student grabs a second bowl of veggie stir fry
Students harvest onions from their school garden
Students helped to plant seeds during the September lessons, then learned how the process of germination works.
Worms open doors to Earth Science and Biology.
Kindergarten students act out germination.
Bodine Elementary student explores the luffa gourd trellis
A student harvests sugar snap peas from the Bodine Elementary garden
Enes Kanter & Steven Adams plant veggies with The Boys & Girls Club
Students practice diagramming seed parts in their garden journals.
Students practice recording what they observe in the garden.
Students learn about garden design.
Carrots are yummy!
Putting in tomato cages
Reading about plant care
Students harvest lettuce from their garden