2009-2010 Annual Report

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Letter from the Executive Director

About REAL School Gardens

REAL Impacts

Statement of Activities and Financial Position

Program Services

Awards and Recognition

Organization Partners

Organization Supporters

Looking Ahead

REAL School Gardens Staff

Executive Director Jeanne McCartyProgram Assistant Heather BranhamDirector of Finance and Operations Jeff CrossGrants and Partnerships Coordinator Sarah DarleyProgram Director Scott FeilleDirector of Community Relations Jennifer FitzgeraldDirector of Partnerships and Programming Matt HacklerGarden Designer Nancy PayneEducator Ellen RobinsonEducator Eric Vanderbeck

REAL School Gardens Board Members

Executive Director, Rainwater Charitable Foundation Suzanne Rall Peacock*Associate Director, Rainwater Charitable Foundation Kelly Garrett, ChairmanFormer California State Superintendent of Public Instruction Delaine EastinExecutive Director, REAL School Gardens Jeanne McCartyChief Financial Officer and Treasurer, National Fish and Wildlife Foundation Robert MenziPrincipal, The Communications Collaborative, LLC Frederick Thompson * DECEASED, OCTOBER 2009

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reaping more than we sow

To the Friends and Supporters of REAL School Gardens,

When you visit a REAL school garden, you may be surprised to see that children are doing much more than just playing with friends or digging in the dirt. Unstructured childhood play is important in its own right, but in a REAL school garden, a learning garden, students take an active role in their education, perhaps even more so than in an indoor classroom. Through real-world, hands-on lessons, they learn science, math, social studies, language arts – all of the core curriculum components for which their teachers are held accountable. Additionally, they gain life skills like leadership, teamwork and problem-solving. The extra credit: in learning gardens, children discover what it means to lead a healthy life.

As Thomas Fuller wrote, “Many things grow in the garden that were never sown there.” In our network of 66 learning gardens, we grow young scientists who record weather conditions and observe climate patterns. We grow healthy kids who eat fresh vegetables – many for the first time – and get excited, because they had a hand in growing them. We grow strong leaders who work together toward common goals and make meaningful discoveries along the way. We grow environmental stewards who care for their environment by nurturing native plant species and harvesting rain water. When we take education outdoors, we grow happier, healthier and smarter children.

During the 2009-2010 school year, our partner schools recorded 20,000 children benefitting from the learning opportunities in a REAL school garden, a 40 percent increase from the figures reported the previous year. I am immensely pleased with this growth and excited to share it with you in the pages that follow. I invite you to read on and make your own discoveries about the power of learning gardens. I also invite you to get involved with our programs. Come visit one of our school gardens to see young learners in action, and you just may learn something new yourself! Learning and growing are what it takes for us to change the world – one child, one community, one school garden at a time.Sincerely,

Jeanne McCartyExecutive Director

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subject : About REAL Schoo l Gardens REAL School Gardens

20 ____ - 20 ____ 09 10course objectives | On a mission to plant and grow

REAL School Gardens partners with high-poverty elementary schools to create learning gardens that become an integral part of the schools’ teaching culture and community. We support the design and installation of school gardens, train teachers to use the gardens to improve children’s learning and build community around the gardens to nurture support for urban schools. Academic achievement at these schools increases, as teachers take learning outdoors and children become more engaged learners, more effective team members and healthier people.

a short geography lesson | The urban elementary school population we serve

To be considered for partnership with REAL School Gardens, elementary schools must serve a high number of low-income students, as indicated by a student population of 70% or above eligible for the Federal Meals Program. Through a competitive application process, we select elementary school partners that exhibit key factors for success, including strong leadership with a commitment to integrating the garden into the curriculum and promoting parental and community involvement.

With our headquarters in Fort Worth, Texas, our programs target North Texas school districts, including Fort Worth, Dallas, Grand Prairie, Arlington and Birdville. Our expertise extends far beyond our partner school districts, however. This year, our staff presented at the Keep Texas Beautiful Annual Conference and contributed expertise to the national Place-Based Education Evaluation Collaborative (PEEC). Executive Director Jeanne McCarty submitted testimony before the District of Columbia City Council in favor of school gardens and was invited to join the Texas Partnership for Children in Nature’s state leadership committee. As our school gardens serve nearly 36,000 children each year, we look toward a future in which every child benefits from learning outdoors.

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p h o t o c r e d i t : Matthew Rainwater

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real impacts | REAL School Gardens makes REAL Impacts on children

Our vibrant learning gardens offer hands-on learning opportunities in all academic subjects and

create the context for meaningful, cross-curricula applications. A growing body of national research

points to the positive effects of school gardens on children’s physical, mental and emotional health

and development.

Learning gardens, which expose students to fresh food sources and encourage regular outdoor activity,

have also been shown to improve nutrition and nurture healthy lifestyles. And when children witness

the systems and cycles of nature first-hand in school gardens, they develop a connection with nature,

which leads to concern for the environment and a sense of responsibility to protect it.

comments : The research is great and the stories inspiring, but the simple

truth is : SCHOOL GARDENS WORK. – Scott Feille, Regional

Program Director, REAL School Gardens

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20 ____ - 20 ____ 09 10boosting academic achievement

School gardens are more than just pretty places; they are three-dimensional textbooks that reinforce

and bring to life the lessons that children learn indoors. They offer powerful lessons and real-world

applications, not only in the STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) curriculum, but in all

academic subjects. When we began our programming in 2003 with high-poverty elementary schools in

Fort Worth Independent School District, students’ standardized test scores at our partner schools were

at the district average; today, those same schools are performing eight to 12 percentage points higher

than the district average.

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On sunny days at Fitzgerald Elementary School, students sit and read under their garden’s shade

structure and then use the outdoors as inspiration for their own writing.

math

Students at Thurgood Marshall Elementary School measure their garden, plot the layout of equal-sized

flower beds and construct maps to scale.

history

As part of a state history lesson, students at Alice Carlson Applied Learning Center observe the Texas

Sabal Palm growing in their garden and research its uses by early settlers.

art

During an educator training session led by REAL School Gardens’ staff, students grind rocks,

causing manual sedimentation, to create sand art.

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All kids have a point of entry and access when learning outdoors, because the barriers of

testing, reading and computing are gone. In the garden, my highest and lowest students were successful

and achieved at their own level. - Kristene Gillmer , third-grade teacher with a REAL school garden

The garden is a [better] place to learn than in a book. A book only tells you how it looks, not how it feels. – Cesar, Student with a REAL school garden

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nurturing healthy lifestyles

With childhood obesity on the rise in the United States, many people – including First Lady Michelle Obama – recognize school gardens’ potential to promote healthy lifestyles. Studies have also shown that when children grow their own fruits and vegetables in a school garden, they’re more likely to eat fresh produce and adopt a more nutritious diet. During snack-time at Whitt Elementary School, kindergarteners head outside to explore their garden’s edible offerings. Many schools taste their nourishing garden produce. A few, like East Fort Worth Montessori Academy, have even served their garden produce in the school cafeteria.

Additionally, academic research suggests that the use of outdoor natural spaces is particularly important to the health of young people from low-income backgrounds, like many of the students we serve. Accustomed to supermarkets, fast-food outlets and convenience stores, many of these students see where their food comes from for the first time in their school gardens.

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The real world experiences the students gained in their gardens further helped the Applied Learning Project they started with the School Wellness Action Team. They assembled their research and created informational tent cards that they placed on the cafeteria tables during lunch to inform and persuade the student body to eat the fruit and vegetables served at lunch and to make healthier food choices. – Ms. Landy, fourth-grade teacher with a REAL school garden

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20 ____ - 20 ____ 09 10promoting environmental stewardship

Outdoor classrooms contain an infinite number of nature-based, hands-on learning tools, rendering them a training ground for environmental stewards and global thinkers. For instance, many school gardens have rain barrels, which allow students to observe the process of rain water catchment and apply their learning to explorations of their local watershed, as well as global water supply issues. Many students witness and experience the lessons of nature for the first time in our learning gardens.

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A variety of community groups lend their efforts to our mission of putting school gardens at the heart of urban neighborhoods. Our partner schools benefit from the contribution of time and expertise by Master Gardeners, Master Composters and Master Naturalists. Many of our partner schools in Arlington and Grand Prairie partner with volunteers from the Arlington Men’s Gardening Club to bring lessons of garden sustainability to students. One long-standing partnership with Tarrant County Juvenile Services has created garden volunteer opportunities for youth in community-service programs. Often these youth gain valuable skills and experiences that keep them interested in nature for years to come.

comments : When [our son] runs across any type of bug that he can ‘save,’ he picks it up and takes

it to the garden area at home to make sure it can continue its work without being hurt by humans. –

Chris and Lisa Hamilton, parents of a student with a REAL school garden

I love helping the plants, because they help the earth, - Maeghan Ferris, third-grade student with a REAL school garden.

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cultivating pro-social skills and behavior

In a school garden, more than plants thrive; children grow happier, healthier and smarter. Outdoor classrooms nurture imagination, promote critical thinking and build character to grow strong future leaders. For teachers, school gardens can serve as an alternative behavioral management tool. For instance, the counselor at Rosemont Sixth Grade School takes students for garden walks to unwind when they are upset, and other schools use the space for group therapy.

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REAL School Gardens serves large populations of immigrants – many of whom are classified as at-risk due to language barriers – as well as Latino-, Asian- and African-American students. Our vibrant, dynamic, multicultural school gardens engage parents, families and community members, providing a space where children can share their cultural heritage, feel a sense of belonging and form connections to the local community.

responsibil ity

“What having a garden means to me is that my class and I have to take care of it.”

– Rasul, student with a REAL school garden

teamwork

“Every time I walk past my [school] garden, I

remember it was because of all of us working

together to make it.” – Jestine, student with a

REAL school garden

perseverance

“It was hard to take the weeds out but fun to

be outside and help.” – Montserrat, student

with a REAL school garden

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Parents, children and

teachers work side-by-side at Veda Knox

Elementary Family Planting Day

Sometimes the students who cause the most trouble indoors are your best friends outdoors, – Stacey Ansley, educator with a REAL school garden

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statement of activity

2003 — 2004 12 369 6,925

2004 — 2005 22 689 13,023

2005 — 2006 30 1,000 17,863

2006 — 2007 36 1,229 21,251

2007 — 2008* 36 1,237 21,164

2008 — 2009 47 1,645 27,065

2009 — 2010† 66 2,200 35,955

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financial position | For the Fiscal Year ended June 30, 2010

REAL School Gardens’ revenue for the year was $1.135 million, with almost 96% representing contributions from foundations, corporations and individuals. Our expenses totaled $1.31 million.

Of the over $1 million invested in our program services, $410,717 was directed to our school garden installation and support activities; $351,509 to educator training and resources; and $248,630 to community engagement activities at our program schools and beyond.

$172,000 of these expenses satisfied the restrictions of donations from the prior fiscal year designated for expansion into Dallas, Texas; and for program activities funded by a grant from the Motorola Foundation. Remaining temporarily restricted contributions are designated for a demonstration garden at our headquarters in Fort Worth, Texas.

This year we continued to seek diversification in funding sources and grow relationships with foundations, corporations and individuals who share our desire to inspire children and strengthen education. Staff responsible for fundraising and partnership development were hired in Spring 2010.

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As you can see, our numbers are going nowhere but up. This year, we provided

educational opportunities grounded in nature for close to 36,000 elementary students.

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subject : Statement of Activities and Financial Position REAL School Gardens

20 ____ - 20 ____ 09 10annual cash flow statement

revenue and other support

Contributions $ 1,086,934 $ 1,000 $ 1,087,934

Interest income 2,908 — 2,908

Rental income 44,084 — 44,084

Miscellaneous income 521 — 521

Net assets released from restrictions: Satisfaction of program restrictions

173,037

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TOTAL REVENUE and OTHER SUPPORT

$ 1,307,484

$ (172,037)

$ 1,135,447

expenses

Program services $ 1,010,856 — $ 1,010,856

Management and general 164,141 — 164,141

Fundraising 136,315 — 136,315

TOTAL EXPENSES 1,311,312 — 1,311,312

CHANGE IN NET ASSETS (3,828) (172,037) (175,865)

Net assets at beginning of year 488,651 180,361 669,012

NET ASSETS at END of YEAR $ 484,823 $ 8,324 $ 493,147

distribution of expenses 100 %

Program services 77.1 %

Management and general 12.5 %

Fundraising 10.4 %

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subject : Program Services REAL School Gardens

20 ____ - 20 ____ 09 10syllabus for success | How we serve students, teachers, schools and communities

With long-term sustainability in mind, we work closely with our partner schools as they integrate their learning gardens into their schools’ culture and communities. Each of our partner schools receive garden support, professional developement for teachers and opportunities for networking and community building.

garden support

Our program seeks input and participation from children, families, educators and neighbors, resulting in vibrant gardens containing essential features of learning, such as adequate seating options, shaded areas and natural and educational focal points. All of our gardens showcase environmentally sustainable practices, and many include native plant species, organic cultivation, rainwater catchment and composting systems.

This year, we worked closely with our 66 partner schools, providing extensive professional development to teachers. We also established six brand-new school gardens, enhanced 10 existing gardens and added “Essential Features” of learning to two existing gardens.

examples : This is South Hills Elementary School BEFORE and AFTER

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20 ____ - 20 ____ 09 10professional development for educators

We provide professional development and networking opportunities that instruct and inspire educators to integrate school gardens into their core curriculum. Ongoing assessment and development of our teacher training model has led to innovative, high-quality professional development opportunities – including expert presentations, model-teaching garden integration visits and idea-sharing sessions. Our training sessions make direct connections between outdoor learning and formal state educational standards, which guide educators’ daily classroom objectives. School districts endorse our innovative professional development approach for their teachers, and with no pay incentive, hundreds of educators take advantage of these opportunities.

This year, our staff educators provided garden integration and model teaching instruction to 775 elementary school educators – ultimately impacting 9,792 students. We also organized two professional development events this year, with 83 North Texas educators attending the first and a record 190 participants at the second.

With support from the Motorola Foundation, we implemented a series of trainings entitled “Question the System: Alternative Energy in the Outdoor Classroom” to help educators incorporate inquiry-based STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) curriculum into their school garden lessons. As a result of this training, one teacher, Kyle Damon from Grand Prairie’s Daniels Elementary Academy, returned to his school so inspired that he planned a two-week “Summer Wind Academy,” to teach incoming third-, fourth- and fifth-grade students about wind and solar energy. During the Wind Academy, students engaged in a variety of hands-on, cross-curricula lessons. They experimented with wind turbine blades, invented unique wind-powered products, worked collaboratively to research green energy options and competed with one another to come up with the most efficient turbine blade design. Then, they applied their learning during computer-facilitated interviews with a wind turbine engineer based in Germany and an employee from Green Mountain Energy Company. To the surprise of the experts, the students – instead of asking simple questions like what makes the wind blow – made astute inquiries, regarding such technical aspects as proper turbine blade pitch for West Texas wind farms.

As a result of all of these efforts, 20,000 students were recorded as using our school gardens for learning this year.

comments : Our Summer Wind Academy was a tremendous success due, in large part, to the inspiration and contributions of REAL School Gardens - Kyle, teacher with a REAL school garden

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networking and community-building

REAL School Gardens fosters a cooperative spirit among diverse community partners, which helps sustain school gardens in the long term. Our community-building efforts sparked a gathering of more than 300 people at one school and led to a partnership with a nearby high school at another. Another school had such a diverse event turnout that communication occurred in three languages – English, Spanish and Arabic. Parents were vital players in our new garden installations, contributing a variety of skills, from planning to stone masonry to carpentry. Community members – often representing local businesses, neighborhood associations, service-learning groups or churches – volunteered their time and resources as well.

Partnerships and local buy-in are essential to placing a school garden at the heart of an urban neighborhood. Through strong relationships and community-building events, we connect our school partners to resources and promote the sharing of best practices. We also encourage schools to forge community partnerships that will help them utilize, improve and sustain their gardens. Over the course of the year, a total of 3,294 individuals participated in REAL School Gardens events – a 47 percent increase from last year.

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I continue to appreciate the quality and scope of the experiences

[REAL School Gardens] provides for the educational community. [These]

efforts and passion are certainly valued by all of us ... – Jane Lovedahl,

Director of Curriculum Development, Camp Fire USA First Texas Council

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F IRST-PLACE Keep Texas Beautiful’s

Sadie Ray Graff Award for

EXCELLENCE IN

ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION

making the grade

At REAL School Gardens, the true reward for our work is the knowledge that we are helping to grow healthier, happier and smarter children. This year, we have also been honored with a number of awards and accolades:

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MAYOR’S PROCLAMATION

for environmental partnership with Dallas ISD, presented by

the City of Dallas

OUTSTANDING ENVIRONMENTAL

PROGRAM AWARD , presented by Texas

Association for Environmental Education

ENVIRONMENTAL EXCELLENCE AWARD

presented by Green and Clean Campus Program (a joint program of the City of Grand Prairie and Grand Prairie ISD)

PARTNERSH IP AWARD

from Tarrant County Juvenile Services

PARTNERSH IP AWARD

from Harry C. Withers Elementary School

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collaborators | Contributions of time and talent

partners

Botanical Research Institute of Texas

Boy Scout Troop 540, Grand Prairie

City of Grand Prairie & Keep Grand Prairie Beautiful

Chesapeake Energy Corporation Employee Volunteers

Dallas Environmental Education Center

Dallas County Master Gardeners

Tarrant County Master Gardeners

Dallas County Agrilife Extension

Dallas Independent School District

Forest Hills Neighborhood Association

Fort Worth Independent School District

Grand Prairie Independent School District

Parish Episcopal School

Alex Sanger Elementary School Early Childhood PTA

Tarrant County Juvenile Services

I.M. Terrell Alumni Association

Texas Christian University, including the students of Dr. David Aftandilian,

Dr. Keith Whitworth, TCU LEAPS and TCU Alternate Spring Break

University of Texas at Arlington including the School of Architecture, the students

of Dr. Brad Bell and Big Event

Motorola Corporation Employee Volunteers

Volunteer Center of North Texas

acorns advisory board

joyce brown

Director, East Fort Worth Montessori Academy

nancy burleson

Teacher, Watauga Elementary School

glenna cleworth

Teacher, Western Hills Primary School

alice espinoza

Case Manager, Gill Children’s Services

scott feille

Program Director, REAL School Gardens

jolee healey

Principal, Victor H. Hexter Elementary School

tracy hollis

Program Director, Natural Science Education Center, Grand Prairie ISD

ruth kinler Owner, Redenta’s Garden

suzanne rall peacock*

Executive Director, Rainwater Charitable Foundation

michelle schneider

Education Operations Manager, Botanical Research Institute of Texas

ronald schultze

Principal, J. T. Stevens Elementary School

mike warren

Tarrant County Juvenile Services

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C.E. Cotton Decks and Arbors

Tammy Chan

Laverne Gunderson Volunteer of the Year

Tracy Hollis

Living Earth Technology

Microsoft

Redenta’s Garden

Rid All Pest Control

Tastebuds Eatery

Tech Soup

Thai Tina’s

Tiny Seeds

Manuel Villegas

Water Gardens Galore

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with special thanks

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contributors | Gifts in Support of REAL School Gardens

donors (incl. corp, fdn, and individual)

The MCJ Amelior Foundation*

Annie’s Homegrown

Anonymous

Ninnie L. Baird Foundation

Harry and Karen Barr*

Booker Industries

Melodie Bourassa

Bourland, Wall & Wenzel*

Boys and Girls Club of Greater Fort Worth*

Canyon Ranch*

Laura Carstensen*

Judy Cates*

Center for Courage and Renewal*

Ted and Jane Chapman*

Randy and D’Ann Chappel*

Chesapeake Energy Corporation

Jim and Glenna Cleworth*

Colonial Country Club Charities

Gunhild Corbett*

Crestview Advisors*

Jeff Cross*

Sarah Darley

Suzanne and Charles Davis*

Donna Dunaway

Delaine Eastin

Ralph and Brenda Faxel*

Jennifer Fitzgerald and Wesley Wright*

Kelly Garrett

Andrea C. Hewitt Gibson and Derek Gibson

Cara Cobos Guziak*

Matt Hackler*

Melodee and Joe Halbach*

Pat and Tom Harrison*

Martha Hayes*

Jason Hewitt and Jeanne McCarty*

Johnson Ohana Charitable Foundation

Margaret R. Jolley*

Edna B. Kalson*

Susan and David Kalson*

Keep Texas Beautiful

Carole Kennedy*

Harlan and Amy Korenvaes*

Blair and Bill McGroarty*

Tim McKinney*

The Medtronic Foundation

Robert A. Moor*

Michael Moore*

Dena Peterson*

The Rainwater Charitable Foundation

The Redman Foundation

Ellen Robinson

David J. Roy*

Richard and Mary Ruocchio*

Thomas M., Helen McKee and John P. Ryan Foundation

Michelle Schneider

Jeff and Lee Simus*

Don Smith*

Jeremy Smith

South Hills Christian Church, Inquirers Sunday School Class

Melba Spears

Janis E. Swenson*

Jim and Martha Thomas*

Frederick Thompson

Mark and Lisa Trammell*

Travel Service Everywhere*

Triangle Community Foundation, The Greenwald Family Charitable Fund*

Suzanne M. Tuttle*

Tisha and Sunny Vanderbeck*

Gloria and Edward Vaughn, Jr.*

Barry and Teri Volpert Foundation*

Alison B. Wexler*

Whole Foods Market

Deborah Willingham

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* GIFT IN MEMORY OF SUZANNE RALL PEACOCK

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subject : Donor and Contributors REAL School Gardens

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looking ahead | Our Path Forward

With a firm foundation in North Texas and plans for national expansion, we have cemented REAL School Gardens’ place as a leader in the school garden movement. Through our work with PEER Associates, we will continue to evaluate our impact and soon be able to contribute evidence-based data demonstrating that outdoor learning is a key to academic success. We also will continue to build a broad base of funding support, to serve us on the road to growth and sustainability. We invite you to join us in this journey.

welcome new partner schools

gifts in kind

Alpine Materials

Blue Mesa Grill

Calloway’s

City of Grand Prairie

City of Grand Prairie,

Department of Parks & Recreation

Dallas Independent School District,

Maintenance Department

Dallas Councilman Sheffiled Kadane

Dallas Mavericks

Fort Worth Independent School District,

Maintenance Department

Grand Prairie Independent School

District, Maintenance Department

Grand Prairie Independent School

District, Nature Center

Green Mamas Nursery

Harvest Supply Company

Pat Hayton

Juel Hood

Impact Remodeling

Mark Ingraham

International Exhibitions, Inc.

Kelly Kemp

Kevin Lindsay

Lowe’s

Patti McKindley, Busy B’s Bakery,

Fort Worth

Metroplex Garden Design Landscaping

Mint Ink Design & Branding

Katrina and Mark Moran

Scott Nady

Philip Combs Designs

Plant Shed

Rahr and Sons Brewing Co.

Matthew Rainwater

The Rainwater Charitable Foundation

Leon Russell

Salesforce.com

Sharon Schoech

Jason Sellars

Sid Parker Stone

Silver Creek Materials

Sunbelt Rentals

Sutherlands Lumber

Texas Christian University

TXI Concrete

Leigh Wells

Whole Foods Market, Lakewood

birdville isd

The Academy of Carrie F. Thomas

Elementary School

dallas isd

Victor H. Hexter Elementary School

Robert E. Lee Elementary School

Alex Sanger Elementary School

Harry C. Withers Elementary School

fort worth isd

Lowery Road Elementary School

T.A. Sims Elementary School

I.M. Terrell Elementary School

grand prairie isd

James Bowie Elementary School

David Crockett Elementary School

Lyndon Baines Johnson

Elementary School

Thurgood Marshall Elementary School

Sallye Moore Elementary School

Colin Powell Elementary School

Sam Rayburn Elementary School

Ervin C. Whitt Elementary School

Hobbs Williams Elementary School

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c o v e r p h o t o c r e d i t : Matthew Rainwater

R E A L : Rainwater Environmental Alliance for Learning

503 bryan avenue fort worth, texas 76104

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