Help me give my students green thumbs in gardening. Garden to classroom. Watch my food grow!
$567 goal
This project expired on September 12, 2025.
This project expired on September 12, 2025.
My Project
Our gardening project aims to create a hands-on, sensory-rich learning environment specifically designed for our Special Education students. By incorporating raised garden beds, adaptive tools, and a variety of plants, we will provide students with opportunities to explore nature, develop fine and gross motor skills, and engage in meaningful, calming activities. Gardening encourages responsibility, patience, and teamwork.
Teaching gardening to students with special needs is important because it offers a unique, hands-on learning experience that engages multiple senses and supports diverse learning styles.
Many students with special needs benefit from tactile, visual, and experiential activities, and gardening provides all of these. Digging in the soil, planting seeds, and watching plants grow helps build fine and gross motor skills.
Gardening also fosters essential life skills that can lead to independence. It teaches responsibility, patience, and problem solving as students learn to care for living things over time. These skills can translate to real-world tasks like following directions, managing time, and working with others. For students with special needs this experience can be empowering to them as they watch living things grow.
Your donation will help us give the students a visual understanding of growing food and the importance of farming to table.
Nearly all students from low‑income households
Data about students' economic need comes from the National Center for Education Statistics, via our partners at MDR Education. Learn more
HBCU Alum20 students impacted
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LEETOLLA Elevate 32" Tall Raised Garden Bed Outdoor with Wheels & Shelf for Mobility, 400LBS Capacity, Anti-Rust Steel Planter Box for Vegetables/Herbs, Patio-Balcony-Backyard
• Amazon Business
$55.09
3
$165.27
GREEN MOUNT Raised Garden Bed Planter Boxes with Trellis for Climbing Vegetables Plants Tomato Cage
• Amazon Business
$37.99
2
$75.98
Seed Starter Mix
• Carolina Biological Supply Company
$15.03
4
$60.12
Burpee Greenhouse Indoor Starting Herbs, Flowers and Vegetables | Includes Dome, Watering, Seed Starter Tray, Coir Pellets | 10" W x 20" L x 5" H, One Size, 1 Kit (72 Cells)
• Amazon Business
$19.99
2
$39.98
Survival Vegetable Seeds Garden Kit Over 16,000 Seeds Non-GMO and Heirloom, Great for Emergency Bugout Survival Gear 35 Varieties Seeds for Planting Vegetables 35 Free Plant Markers Gardeners Basics
• Amazon Business
$28.95
1
$28.95
Watering Can for Indoor Plants, Small Watering Cans for House Plant Garden Flower, Long Spout Water Can for Outdoor Watering Plants 1.8L 1/2 Gallon (Dark Green, 1.6L)
• Amazon Business
$9.99
2
$19.98
14 Rare Tomato & Tomatillo Garden Seeds Variety Pack - 1,020+ Non-GMO Heirloom Tomato & Tomatillo Seeds for Outdoors & Indoor Home Gardening
• Amazon Business
$15.99
1
$15.99
Materials cost
$406.27
Vendor shipping charges
$7.82
Sales tax
$31.69
3rd party payment processing fee
$6.09
Fulfillment labor & materials
$30.00
Total project cost
$481.87
Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms
$85.04
Total project goal
$566.91
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