School Garden

Westbrook Elementary is planning a school garden! Green-thumbs get ready!

Green-thumbs, get ready! We are excited to announce that we are in the planning stages of building a school garden at Westbrook Elementary in partnership with the Ready, Set, Grow School Garden Network!

To help secure the money needed to make this amazing opportunity possible — infrastructure, supplies, irrigation, outdoor classroom seating, docent materials, etc. — we need your help writing letters of support!

Teachers, parents, families, students — we need you all. The more voices, the stronger our case for receiving the vital funds to make this project possible.

Letters of support must be submitted via email to sa.mehlhorn@gmail.com by November 30.

Who can write a letter of support?

  • Principals

  • Teachers

  • Classified and support staff

  • PTC leadership / members

  • Parents / caregivers / family members

  • Students (drawings, short notes, “why our school needs a garden,” etc.)

What should my letter of support include?

  • Why your campus needs (or wants) a garden/outdoor learning space

  • How it would benefit students (hands-on science, nutrition, SEL, teamwork, behavior, engagement, etc.)

  • How the space will be used (class lessons, sensory/regulation breaks, special education and intervention support, family events)

  • Any current challenges (no shade seating, dead/overgrown beds, no safe workspace for kids, etc.)

  • A statement of support for Ready, Set, Grow! School Garden Network as a partner

Formatting notes:

  • Staff and teachers: please put the letter on school letterhead if possible and sign it with name, role, and school site.

  • Families: email or handwritten/typed notes

  • Students: drawings or a few sentences about “why we want a garden at our school”

Sample Letters: