Springside Chestnut Hill Academy has received a $1,500 Green Schools Grant from the City of Philadelphia to implement a hydroponic garden in its middle school cafeteria.
Philadelphia Recycling Program director Kyle J. Lewis personally delivered the check to the school. SCH is among 30 Philadelphia schools selected to support Mayor Cherelle Parker's initiative to make Philadelphia "the cleanest, greenest city."
The funds will purchase a Nutraponics Tower Shelf capable of supporting up to 72 plants. The project involves collaboration between the student-run chapter of Community Plate, …
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Springside Chestnut Hill Academy has received a $1,500 Green Schools Grant from the City of Philadelphia to implement a hydroponic garden in its middle school cafeteria.
Philadelphia Recycling Program director Kyle J. Lewis personally delivered the check to the school. SCH is among 30 Philadelphia schools selected to support Mayor Cherelle Parker's initiative to make Philadelphia "the cleanest, greenest city."
The funds will purchase a Nutraponics Tower Shelf capable of supporting up to 72 plants. The project involves collaboration between the student-run chapter of Community Plate, engineering students, food services, facilities management and academic departments.
According to school spokesperson Karen Tracy, these vertical gardens will serve as living-learning stations that will allow students to see innovation in practice and directly engage with food solutions for the future.
The project extends the work of faculty member Julie Knutson, whose Fulbright award will take her to Morocco in April to study food production and consumption cycles in schools.
SCH student engineers have designed a prototype modular vertical hydroponic garden using PVC pipes that will house over 200 herbs and vegetable pods.
The school will host city officials in early April to showcase the project and join other Green School awardees for an Earth Day celebration on April 22.
