Sacramento Sensory Garden School Fundraiser

100% of the funds will go toward public schools with school garden programs in the Sacramento region.  The collaboration between Green Acres Nursery & Supply and Headwaters Science will support the relationship between school gardens and science in our classrooms through hands on learning!  

Many school gardens we support are considered sensory gardens because they impact sight, smell, taste and touch.  These can be calming and grounding aspects for children.  Our partnership will help take the benefits of gardening one step further through experiments and incorporating real science research through the garden.

 It is important for our students to gain new science skills, understand the process of research, and develop an interest and understanding of science. Past programs have found: 

• 90% of the students agree that after participation they have learned something they would not have in the traditional science classroom

• The percentage of students interested in a science-related career increased by 23.4% to 63% after participating in our program.

• 66% of students who participated in our program reported overcoming challenges in their project.

• After participation, 87% of students report being familiar with scientific research.

• 93% of students are confident in their ability to apply the scientific method.

• 90% of students indicate that they like science more after participating in the program, 16% of those students saying “a lot more than before”.