Six schools are the newest members of the REAL School Gardens community. Fifty-five school staff, parents, community members, volunteers, and students came together for the REAL School Gardens Retreat event on October 2-3, 2009 at the Firestation. The schools are T.A. Sims Elementary, I.M. Terrell Elementary, and Lowery Road Elementary from Fort Worth; Hobbs Williams Elementary and Thurgood Marshall Elementary from Grand Prairie; and the Academy at Carrie F. Thomas from Birdville.
The weekend’s events began with a formal dinner followed by a Q&A session with five students who shared their experience learning in their school’s garden. One student explained, ...