Welcome to Grady’s Classroom!
Grady’s Classroom is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to advancing or introducing healthy eating, gardening, and active, mindful living to children and families through elementary school and after-school community programs.
Through the Grady’s Garden app, we provide research-driven, age-appropriate, purposeful and targeted curriculum (e.g., social emotional learning, nutrition and health, and gardening), and experiential learning extensions, such as vegetable tastings, recipe testing, games, and other activities.
Grady’s Classroom’s garden initiative provides outdoor community garden starter kits to schools, community centers, churches, or other participating entities. For many children, Grady’s Classroom provides students with their very first gardening experience.
Growing Healthier Communities
Edutainment
Our original animated show, Grady’s Garden, features six kids who decide to create a garden to grow vegetables for their community and families, igniting their overall interest in health. Grady’s Garden is created and executive produced by Disney TV animation writer Evan Gore.
These funny, relatable animated episodes are designed for elementary aged children, and use a cast of endearing characters whose stories lay the groundwork for our proprietary educational curriculum.
Each Grady’s Classroom curriculum module features a unique Grady’s Garden episode, followed by a series of session components that support the learning targets. These components are presented in bite-size chunks that are fun for kids and easy for staff or teachers to implement.
Grady’s Classroom currently offers ten curriculum modules exclusively through the Grady’s Garden app. allowing us to reach more classrooms in hard-to-reach areas.
Watch Grady’s Garden mini-episodes online at youtube.com/@gradysgarden.
The Grady’s Garden App was developed with support by the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture.
Learn more about the USDA Small Business Innovation Research Grant here.
Demonstrating Impact
Grady’s Classroom & Grady’s Garden work with nationally recognized experts to research and create our innovative, interactive, educational curriculum.
We’ve reached over 3,000 children to date with encouraging results—tied with the corresponding animated edutainment, our engaging curriculum has shown to increase a child’s willingness to try new vegetables,
Learn more about Grady’s Classroom’s impact and participating partners.
With your help, we’re helping sow seeds for a heathier future.
Donate to Grady’s Classroom today.
Interested in Sponsorship or Program Ambassador programs? Please contact taylor.crison@gradysgarden.com