Working at a garden center and being raised by a biologist, I’ve always understood how powerful plants and green spaces can be. Now, as a Landscape Architecture student working with the Northeastern Arboretum, I get to see how those same ideas shape entire communities. 

With a younger sister in elementary school, supporting organizations like CitySprouts feels especially meaningful as every child deserves the chance to learn, grow, and connect with nature. That’s why I’m running the Cambridge Half Marathon this November, to help bring more gardens and green learning spaces to kids right here in Cambridge!

Any support truly means so much! 🌱

Since 2001, our mission has been to cultivate curiosity and wonder in students through hands-on science learning in their own schoolyard gardens. Your gift has a tremendous impact on our work to transform schoolyards into vibrant gardens for Pre-K through 8th grade students to learn and thrive.  To inspire a generation to grow a greener future in Cambridge and Boston, we:

• Build and maintaining school-based learning gardens in partnership with 24 Cambridge and Boston public schools
• Expose students to healthy fresh foods
• Inspire middle school students to pursue STEM and green careers
• Create opportunities for group experiences that promote social emotional learning
• Nurture an attachment to the natural world, and
• Connect students to their local and broader communities

At CitySprouts, we believe every child has a right to a foundational science education and to meaningful, productive, and beautiful outdoor spaces in their schoolyards. Hands-on learning in school gardens grows curiosity and wonder, and supports mental and physical health. Caring for plants in spaces children can call their own builds connections to healthy foods and the natural world, inspiring the next generation of environmental stewards and community leaders.

To put our beliefs into action, CitySprouts partners with urban public schools. We prioritize communities whose access to nature and funding for science education have been historically under-resourced. Building and maintaining schoolyard garden classrooms, developing and delivering in-school PK-5th grade science curriculum, and providing meaningful after school and summer programs for middle school students, are vital steps toward achieving equity in science education and outdoor learning. 

Make a donation today and help our gardens grow the next generation of environmental leaders!