During our inaugural season, bg视讯's Governors Island Teaching Garden, 总督岛城市农场内专用的多功能学习和示范花园空间, 为4500名学童举办了为期16周的园艺教育项目和技能培养研讨会, school and community gardeners, summer camps, and members of the public.
During the Fall 2014 school semester, 教学花园为500名纽约市公立学校的学生(K-12)提供了通过城市农业深入挖掘并与自然联系的机会, environmental education, and nutritional learning, by growing, harvesting, cooking, and eating farm-fresh produce. 学生们就植物护理、生态系统、食物公正和健康生活进行了深入的讨论.
学生们还有机会在自行车搅拌器上制作健康的零食或饮料! Along with a range of public schools from all five boroughs, bg视讯有幸为一些非常特殊的团体提供节目，比如灯塔协会, Administration for Children’s Services (ACS), and Rush Philanthropic. bg视讯还有幸邀请到了bg视讯的Mike Zamm，有一天他和高中生一起制作太阳能烤箱.
In addition to hosting visiting school age students, 教学园亦于夏季周末开放予公众参观. During these weekend open hours, 3,600名公众游客可以自助游览这个空间, drop-in on scheduled structured gardening activities, or taste produce from the garden during cooking demos. These activities included garden maintenance, (weeding, mulching, planting), harvesting, tours, and other hands-on arts activities.
On selected weekends during the summer, the Teaching Garden also hosted specific workshops and activities, include ones on animal care, making herbal teas, building trellising for peas, and vertical pallet garden construction. 周末游客还可以看到bg视讯在过去三十年里在整个城市建造的许多花园和绿化基础设施元素的演示. These included raised plastic lumber frame beds for edibles, ornamentals, and themed gardens; windrows for urban agricultural production; a shade structure; a rainwater harvesting system; a garden shed; mulched paths; easy to construct benches; fruit trees; season extending high- and low-tunnels; cold-frames; composting bins; recycling bins; a rain garden; stoop railing planters; and examples of enhanced tree pits for homes, gardens, and communities.
In total, the Teaching Garden produced a bounty of fruits, vegetables, and herbs -- much of it grown by children – totaling over 800 pounds. Most of this produce was harvested, cooked, 并被参观学校的团体消费，作为教学花园教育项目的一部分. Leftover produce was donated to city food pantries.
