Junior Green Thumbs® (formerly Edible Classroom) is a passion project run by REALTOR® Laura McBride. It is an inspired hands on initiative that connects Jk - High school students to nature in an engaging way.
The program provides opportunities and empowerment for students to experience and participate in essential life skill learning such as seed starting, basic gardening, meal preparation, carpentry, community outreach and more. The aim of the project is to support and inspire Teachers, to provide these meaningful, hands on natural connections right in their own classrooms.
To make the program useful to teachers, within guidelines of the Ontario Elementary School Curriculum, Laura has collaborated with key partners in education, to ensure the project is a helpful, inspirational tool in the classroom. Together with incredible teacher support, this garden initiative has been integrated into math, language, science, art and health to ensure every teacher who requests a garden in their classroom can use it in the best way for them and their students.
Every property that Laura sells, whether working with a seller or a buyer, means that another Teacher is gifted a fully equipped garden for their classroom.
The program currently runs in Durham, Toronto and York Regions in Ontario, and supports classrooms from kindergarten to grade 12.
Since 2015, hundreds of students have benefited and have been inspired by the program. Huge thanks to the incredible home buyers and sellers who choose Laura McBride to guide them through their real estate sale, directly benefiting this project. If you are thinking of making a move, you too can help some little hands get dirty with another classroom garden.
