Live Wright School Garden Survey

Live Wright has established a school garden committee that will be working to help schools start a school garden program. The objective of this committee is to ensure that at least one school within all our local school districts has a school garden by the fall of 2013. A survey was created that could be sent to all local principals to help us gather baseline data on school gardens. This was sent out at the beginning of October and below is more of the background on the project.

Survey Objectives:
Assess current school garden situation in all Wright County schools Gauge administrator interest or future plans of establishing a school garden Gain knowledge of how garden is incorporated within school setting Determine needs and engagement level of Wright County school garden programs (grants, starter tool kits)

Responses:
Sent to 41 Principals 22 principals responded (54%) Districts Responding: o Buffalo/Hanover/Montrose, Monticello, STMA, Delano, Elk River, Maple Lake, Rockford, Annandale, HLWW o District not represented: Dassel Cokato

Key Findings:
27% (6 of 22) currently have a school garden o HLWW High School, Monticello Middle School, Monticello High School, Pinewood Elementary, Rockford Middle School, Wright Learning Center o 3 school districts represented. Maple Lake Elementary Little KidKare St. Michael Elementary Delano Elementary STMA High School Little Mountain Elementary Big Woods Elementary Albertville Primary Phoenix Learning Center Monticello Middle School Pinewood Elementary HLWW High School Rockford Middle School Monticello High School Wright Learning Center HLWW Middle School Buffalo High School

Are you interested in receiving grant resources and/or assistance from the Live Wright School Garden Committee?
2 Yes No 5 Skipped

15

November 2012

73% (16 of 22) interested in receiving a school garden tool kit

Are you interested in receiving a school garden toolkit?

Yes

No

For the schools without a garden; there are 10 schools (10 of 16 = 63%) that would like to receive a garden tool kit. (Target Audience)

16

68% ( 15 of 22) have space for a school garden

Do you have physical space for a garden?

15 10 5 0 Outdoor Garden Outdoor Raised Beds Indoor Raised Beds TBD None 12 8 3 2 8

Next Steps:
Follow-up with Principals o Find out needs for starting school garden Create a school garden toolkit

November 2012