School and Demonstration Gardens
A school garden provides teaching opportunities to incorporate hands-on activities for a diversity of interdisciplinary, standards-based lessons. The garden engages students by providing a dynamic environment to observe, discover, experiment, nurture, and learn.
Through the garden,
- students gain an understanding of ecosystems
- appreciation for food origins
- and knowledge of plant and animal life cycles.
To learn how you can initiate a school garden read the following documents.
![Shaw's Flat sign Shaw's Flat sign](http://ucanr.edu/sites/Tuolumne_County_Master_Gardeners/files/112732display.jpg)
Shaw's Flat sign
![Sonora El kids Sonora El kids](http://ucanr.edu/sites/Tuolumne_County_Master_Gardeners/files/112726display.jpg)
Sonora El kids
![Shaw's Flat.group Shaw's Flat.group](http://ucanr.edu/sites/Tuolumne_County_Master_Gardeners/files/112731display.jpg)
Shaw's Flat.group
![Children's garden Children's garden](http://ucanr.edu/sites/Tuolumne_County_Master_Gardeners/files/376926display.jpg)