Every Home Laura Sells = A Garden Is Donated To A Local Classroom.

Families who work with Laura McBride don’t just make smart moves!

Through the Junior Green Thumbs initiative, every home sold provides a local teacher with a fully equipped indoor classroom garden, complete with raised wooden planter, seeds, soil, and carefully curated supplies and learning tools, designed to integrate with Ontario curriculum and ongoing ideas and support. 

Laura believes that real estate can grow more than equity, it can grow inspired young minds.



             



Here, Laura is helping kindergarten students build and plant a herb garden for their learning centre. In addition to the full-size Junior Green Thumbs gardens, smaller projects can be organized upon request.

Since 2015, Laura's gardens have given hundreds of students the chance to dig in—literally—while learning how plants grow, especially food, why it matters, and how they can make a difference in their world.  The Junior Green Thumbs initiative is a hands-on, educational program rooted in real-life skills, health, and environmental awareness.


The specially curated gardens are now inspiring children in classrooms from JK - High school across Durham Region, Toronto and York Region.


If you, or an inspired teacher you know would like to incorporate a garden into the classroom, please register below. 


There is also a parent newsletter that shares activities to engage children at home. Click the Parent button to register.

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Every Home Laura Sells = A Garden Is Donated To A Local Classroom.



Please help spread the word about this project. If you or someone you know is thinking of buying or selling real estate,  your referral will greatly benefit the program! If you know of a Teacher who may wish to join the waitlist they can register HERE

Buyers and Sellers help to keep the program growing by choosing Laura McBride as their REALTOR®.



A MESSAGE FROM LAURA

"This 4 season indoor gardening program was designed for Canadian elementary school classrooms, and has expanded to include High School as well. It is  currently running in Durham, Toronto and York Region schools. 


The objective of the program is to connect children with nature and empower essential life skills for a healthy, productive future, all while supporting Teachers in their role as inspired educators. I founded the program with the collaboration and support of Teachers, Robyn Hadder, Heather Spink-Turner and Kristy Dale, and the program has been successful at integrating engaging, natural experiences with core curriculum strands in math, art, language, science, health and nutrition. 


The garden itself, was designed to be an object of beauty in the classroom, to inspire calmness and creative thought, for the students and their forward thinking, collaborative teachers. 


By providing a positive, curiosity evoking element in the classroom for students to explore, I am able to provide a supportive tool for teachers to inspire learning and awareness of the natural world. 


As the project moves forward, new ideas, inspiration and collaborations will further expand the rich learning experiences for students from Kindergarten to grade 12."


Together, let's create a brighter future—one SOLD & one garden at a time.

Smart Moves. Strong Roots. Real Impact.

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Laura and "OG" Robyn Hadder. Ms. Hadder's insights and willingness to give the project a try is why we are still going strong today! 

My son Fionn, who was the inspiration for this project, taking great care to water his Buttercrunch Lettuce as part of the grade 4 measurement unit.



In Loving Memory of Brian Renaud. Brian's participation in our first two pilot years, helped the project flourish and grow into what it is today. Always in our hearts.

Dragon Egg Cucumbers in full bloom!

Grade 4/5 Students using their Beet Greens to make garden inspired artwork. 

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Laura McBride

Mobile: (416) 579-0931

Phone: (905) 619-9500

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Sutton Group-Heritage Realty Inc.

300 Clements Rd. W  Ajax,  ON  L1S 3C6  

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