1. General information
2. Objectives of the intervention
Goals of the intervention
- Develop attitudes of cooperation and educate in values among equals, by promoting activities that reinforce aspects such as self-esteem, cooperation, and education.
- Provide positive reinforcement for students with behavioural difficulties and integration in the classroom.
- Learn, appreciate and apply the agricultural knowledge acquired.
- To value agriculture as an option for the future of work, leisure or self-consumption.
- Use the School Garden as the backbone of contents to achieve concrete objectives of the various subjects.
- Value agriculture as a future optional profession, recreational or self-consume activity.
- Invite reflection on healthy eating and responsibility in one's own health.
- Establish external collaborations that provide resources required for the operation of the orchard and its didactic use.
- Use of “grey waters” collected from drainage and fountains to water the garden (ref 1)
- Provide positive reinforcement for students with behavioural difficulties and integration in the classroom.
- Learn, appreciate and apply the agricultural knowledge acquired.
- To value agriculture as an option for the future of work, leisure or self-consumption.
- Use the School Garden as the backbone of contents to achieve concrete objectives of the various subjects.
- Value agriculture as a future optional profession, recreational or self-consume activity.
- Invite reflection on healthy eating and responsibility in one's own health.
- Establish external collaborations that provide resources required for the operation of the orchard and its didactic use.
- Use of “grey waters” collected from drainage and fountains to water the garden (ref 1)
Quantitative targets
Creation of one school garden for use by students in the elementary school system.
Creation of an irrigation system (ref 1).
Creation of an irrigation system (ref 1).
Monitoring indicators defined
unknown
Sustainability challenge(s) addressed
Implementation activities
The preparation of the land, installation of the irrigation system, planting, irrigation and plant care as well as harvesting…Cabbage, cauliflower, onions, lettuce, baby lettuce, oak lettuce, chard, spinach, red cabbage, broccoli, beans, peas, garlic, parsley, iceberg lettuce, celery, endive and potatoes. (ref 1)
Participation criteria for joining the Murcia Network of Educational Gardens:
1. To have soil for the plantation of the ecological school garden inside the facilities of the educational center.
2. Designate a teacher, preferably with a permanent position in the school, as coordinator of the school garden, facilitating their dedication to it. (ref 5)
Participation criteria for joining the Murcia Network of Educational Gardens:
1. To have soil for the plantation of the ecological school garden inside the facilities of the educational center.
2. Designate a teacher, preferably with a permanent position in the school, as coordinator of the school garden, facilitating their dedication to it. (ref 5)
Type of NBS project
3. NBS domains, ES and scale
4. Governance and financing
5. Innovation
Type of innovation
Novelty level of the innovation
Please specify novelty level of the innovation
The garden follows the example and builds upon the heritage of the Murcia Garden, the traditionally cultivated landscape around the urban center of Murcia- thus the school garden presents this traditional mode of production and introduces it to students. (ref 4)
Replicability/Transferability
Please specify Replicability/Transferability
Unknown
6. Evaluation and learning
7. Sources
Please specify other source of non-financial contribution
Professors, and students.
