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School Garden: More than Vegetables, From the Blue Community Manica Youth Assembly - MAYA Zimbabwe: What if a school garden could do more than grow vegetables

From the Blue Community Manica Youth Assembly – MAYA, Zimbabwe: 

What if a school garden could do more than grow vegetables? What if it could grow confidence, skills, healthier habits, and a brighter future too?
Last week, the UrbanFutures Mutare Consortium hosted a School-Based Nutrition Garden Training for teachers from primary and secondary schools across Mutare Urban. The goal is bigger than gardening it’s about creating nutrition gardens that can support school feeding programmes, strengthen food security, and equip learners with practical agricultural skills they can carry for life.
At a time when food prices are rising and weather patterns are becoming more unpredictable, these gardens offer schools a smart, sustainable, and climate-conscious way to grow their own fresh produce and reduce dependence on outside food supplies.
Teachers discovered what makes a nutrition garden special: it’s not just a place to plant crops, but a space designed to encourage dietary diversity, nutrition education, and healthier food choices. They also gained hands-on knowledge in site selection, garden planning, and choosing indigenous, nutrient-rich, climate-resilient crops that can thrive in changing conditions.
Now, schools are ready to turn gardens into living classrooms spaces where learners can get their hands in the soil, grow their own food, learn about healthy eating, and understand the powerful link between food, health, and the environment.
This is more than gardening. This is growing a generation that is informed, empowered, and ready to build a healthier, greener future.
  • School Garden: More than Vegetables, From the Blue Community Manica Youth Assembly - MAYA Zimbabwe: What if a school garden could do more than grow vegetables
  • School Garden: More than Vegetables, From the Blue Community Manica Youth Assembly - MAYA Zimbabwe: What if a school garden could do more than grow vegetables
  • School Garden: More than Vegetables, From the Blue Community Manica Youth Assembly - MAYA Zimbabwe: What if a school garden could do more than grow vegetables
  • School Garden: More than Vegetables, From the Blue Community Manica Youth Assembly - MAYA Zimbabwe: What if a school garden could do more than grow vegetables
  • School Garden: More than Vegetables, From the Blue Community Manica Youth Assembly - MAYA Zimbabwe: What if a school garden could do more than grow vegetables
  • School Garden: More than Vegetables, From the Blue Community Manica Youth Assembly - MAYA Zimbabwe: What if a school garden could do more than grow vegetables
  • School Garden: More than Vegetables, From the Blue Community Manica Youth Assembly - MAYA Zimbabwe: What if a school garden could do more than grow vegetables
  • School Garden: More than Vegetables, From the Blue Community Manica Youth Assembly - MAYA Zimbabwe: What if a school garden could do more than grow vegetables
  • School Garden: More than Vegetables, From the Blue Community Manica Youth Assembly - MAYA Zimbabwe: What if a school garden could do more than grow vegetables
  • School Garden: More than Vegetables, From the Blue Community Manica Youth Assembly - MAYA Zimbabwe: What if a school garden could do more than grow vegetables
  • School Garden: More than Vegetables, From the Blue Community Manica Youth Assembly - MAYA Zimbabwe: What if a school garden could do more than grow vegetables
  • School Garden: More than Vegetables, From the Blue Community Manica Youth Assembly - MAYA Zimbabwe: What if a school garden could do more than grow vegetables
  • School Garden: More than Vegetables, From the Blue Community Manica Youth Assembly - MAYA Zimbabwe: What if a school garden could do more than grow vegetables
  • School Garden: More than Vegetables, From the Blue Community Manica Youth Assembly - MAYA Zimbabwe: What if a school garden could do more than grow vegetables
  • School Garden: More than Vegetables, From the Blue Community Manica Youth Assembly - MAYA Zimbabwe: What if a school garden could do more than grow vegetables
  • School Garden: More than Vegetables, From the Blue Community Manica Youth Assembly - MAYA Zimbabwe: What if a school garden could do more than grow vegetables
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