Living Classroom

Living Classroom makes education come alive, deepening students’ connection with nature. Our lessons empower the next generation by growing environmental champions, inquisitive learners, and healthy eaters.

This is a fantastic time in the history of Living Classroom as we celebrate our 10th anniversary. We began teaching our garden-based education lessons in our learning laboratories building on the commitment of bringing world-class education to students in the Bay Area. 

With your support, you can help Living Classroom:

• Grow the next generation of environmental stewards.
• Green school yards with beautiful edible and native habitat gardens.
• Create a generation of children who love healthy eating as they plant, cultivate, harvest and eat food that they have grown themselves.
• Provide unique nature experiences for children from traditionally under-served communities.
• Build enthusiasm and relevancy for math and science through hands-on learning.
• Give children critical daily exposure to nature in our edible and native gardens through our lessons, school garden clubs, and recess playtime.

Living Classroom’s unique program:

• Aligns our curriculum with Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) and California Common Core State Standards for math and English language arts.
• Includes 50 different lesson experiences for children in transitional kindergarten (TK) through 8th grade who learn about everything from plant life cycles to biodiversity to how ancient civilizations and colonial Americans used the  plants that we grow in our gardens, and much more.
• Serves over 20,000 students from schools in the Mountain View Whisman, Los Altos and Palo Alto Unified School districts with more than 1,300 lessons.
• Designs, builds and maintains 44 native habitat and edible gardens.
• Trains and supports a team of 60 docents leaders who bring a wealth of teaching and life experiences to our outdoor classrooms.
• Connects children to the natural world by growing food or building and observing native habitat gardens.

We can’t do it without your help!   DONATE TODAY!