School Garden

Sunset Academy boosts a beautiful garden for our school.

Gardening provides a variety of experiences for young children.  These experiences include creating, planting and maintaining gardens.  They also include harvesting, preparing and sharing the food that is grown. This engages children in nutrition, science, physical activity, and provide opportunities to incorporate gardening in literacy and art programming.

According to a study, Gardening with young children show the benefits include:

  • Young children are more likely to engage in gardening later in life.
  • Children increase in self-understanding, interpersonal skills, and the ability to work in groups.
  • Children are more likely to eat fruits and vegetables.
  • Children enjoy learning and show improved attitudes towards education