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Harborside Community Gardens partners with multiple schools within the Kenosha community to enable all students get a chance to contribute in this green initiative. Students that attend Harborside Academy, Carthage College, Gateway Technical College, Division of Health, Kenosha School of Technology Enhanced Curriculum (KTEC), Edward Bain School of Language and Art (EBSOLA), Somers, Wilson Elementary, and Frank Elementary are all involved in some capacity to the success of Harborside Community Gardens.
Education
Harborside Community Urban Gardens
Growing a Healthier Tomorrow
- Building Communities: If residents can work together to create a productive green space, they can also use those skills to address critical problems like crime, homelessness, and blight plaguing their communities
- Improving Nutrition: Community gardens can teach people how to grow the best tasting varieties of fresh, pesticide-free produce, making delicious, nutritious produce more available.
- Reducing Hunger: Community gardens can help reduce hunger. With regular work, community vegetable gardens typically produce about 500 servings per year in a 40 ft. by 5 ft. raised bed. Fresh produce from community gardens supplements the canned supplies that stock the shelves of food pantries and homeless shelters.
- Improving the Environment: In addition to providing the community with nutritious food, today's organic community gardens teach and inspire sustainable land use. As our population continues to move from rural areas to urban centers, most of our agrarian heritage has been left behind or forgotten.
- Improving Physical and Mental Health: Health, physical exercise, or therapy are other possible aims of community gardens. Taking care of plants, watching birds and butterflies, enjoying the outdoors, and getting exercise are all good for body and spirit.
Why are Community Gardens Valuable?
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