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Woodlawn's garden

COME SEE THE DIFFERENCE

ORGANICALLY GROWN BY OUR STUDENTS

IN THE GARDEN

Woodlawn School’s organic vegetable and flower garden serves as an outdoor classroom for gardening and science classes. Students in grades Kindergarten through sixth grade spend time in the gardens each fall and spring growing vegetables, herbs and flowers. Students plant, weed, harvest, add compost and have fun learning science concepts in the gardens. 

RESPONSIBLITY

GARDEN MISSION

To educate “responsible, contributing members of a diverse, global society” by teaching sustainable organic gardening practices, learning about biodiversity and sustainability in the garden environment, and by growing tasty vegetables and fun flowers through which we learn the pride and satisfaction of growing our own food.

GOOD STEWARDS

EARTH FRIENDLY

At the end of the growing season students take home organic produce they have grown themselves. Students also take home knowledge about the natural world. In the garden, students become comfortable in the natural world, learning that bees and birds pollinate our vegetables, that seeds grow into lovely flowers or vegetable plants, and that nature cycles nutrients from soil into plants and back into the soil. Instead of adding chemical fertilizers or weed killers, garden classes pull weeds and enrich the soil with nutrients by adding compost. The organic gardening methods support Woodlawn’s mission of teaching environmental sustainability. Students are able to see butterflies, bees and birds in the gardens because of Woodlawn’s earth-friendly practices. Organic gardening practices provide a wholesome environment for Woodlawn’s students and teach students how to be good stewards of the earth.

NON-COMPETITIVE ENVIRONMENT

GUIDING PRINCIPLES

Gardening supports Woodlawn’s mission of educating independent life-long learners who are responsible members of a diverse global society. Gardening is a place where children can be kinesthetic learners and improve their fine and gross motor skills in a non-competitive environment.

Woodlawn’s gardens are organically maintained to support our philosophy of sustainability and to make a safe, wholesome place for children to learn and grow.

Gardening establishes seasonal rhythms in children’s lives much like traditions and holidays do.

Gardening gives children a sense of place, time and belonging.

Gardening helps children to be comfortable in the natural world.

Gardening helps children value the earth and all its creatures and cycles and helps children grasp earth’s complexity.

Gardening teaches children that food is a product of a complex process and helps children value vegetables as nutrition.

Garden DIRECTOR

CATHY DENHAM

Cathy Denham
Garden Director
[email protected]

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Athletics + arts + More

BEYOND THE CLASSROOM

At Woodlawn School the curriculum includes outdoor learning, life skills and sustainability. Students participate in wide range of Arts and Athletics programs and students engage the world around us through exchange programs and international students that foster diversity. 

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WHY I LOVE WOODLAWN

“Woodlawn School is an astounding place! The teachers help you learn and grow with knowledge, but most importantly, everyone is so kind, accepting and friendly. I really value the friendships I made in class. I miss my friends when we’re on summer break! I cherish every moment I have at Woodlawn School. I LOVE IT!”

 – Lilly V.
Fourth Grade

WE WORK TOGETHER

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THE WOODLAWN EXPERIENCE

Get an inside look at the Woodlawn Way and our
Project Based Learning approach.

Woodlawn is a private school providing a project based learning curriculum for early explorers preschool, lower, middle, and upper school academics. Our historic 61-acre campus is located just north of Charlotte, NC in beautiful Mooresville, and within driving distance of Davidson, Cornelius, Huntersville, North Mecklenburg, and Concord.

Woodlawn School admits students of any race, color, national and ethnic origin to all the rights, privileges, programs, and activities generally accorded or made available to students at the school. It does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, sexual orientation, or national, ethnic origin in administration of its educational policies, admissions policies, scholarship and loan programs, and athletic and other school-administered programs.

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