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The document outlines plans for a school garden at Street School that will support the school's mission of enabling students to become productive adults. The garden's purpose is to give students real-life experiences in gardening. Key priorities include nurturing existing gardens and harvesting produce to share with the school community. Goals include involving high school students to mentor elementary students and expanding the garden. A list of plant recommendations for the region includes fruits, nuts and berries that are well-suited to the local climate and soil conditions. The garden aims to teach students about healthy lifestyles, lifelong learning and enjoying nature.

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Street School Garden School Garden Visioning & Strategic Planning Christy Dancer Busch
Street School Mission Our comprehensive and individualized services enable students to reach their potential and become responsible and productive adults. The Street School program incorporates teaching through real life experiences which reinforce key learning outcomes.
The Purpose of Street School Garden The garden will support the following graduation outcomes: Have the Desire to Create a Healthy Lifestyle Become a Life Long Learner and Visionary Laugh Often, Love Much and Enjoy Life to the Fullest!
Mission & Vision Mission Real life gardening experiences will enable students to reach their potential and become responsible and productive adults. Vision Students will graduate with a strong connection to nature and a desire to continue producing their own food.
Our Top 5 Priorities Nurture and cultivate current gardens (4) in addition to fruit and nut trees, bushes, shrubs and vines. Harvest produce and share with school: Salads Smoothies Wraps
Our Goals Wildcrafting Outreach to other schools High School student gardeners will mentor elementary school student gardeners. Develop Neighborhood Garden Expand Garden to include ALL permaculture plants.
Plant Recommendations For E. Oklahoma Apple Apples and peaches are the best adapted to Oklahoma conditions. Apples bloom later and are less susceptible to spring frosts. Autumn Olive A large deciduous shrub that can grow to 20 feet - can be somewhat invasive. Tart little red berries are found on a shrubby tree that grows with some profusion. Wildlife and human life can eat these berries. Blackberry Blackberries grow in large tangled mounds. Blackberries usually have twice the fruit that a dewberry does as well as thorns. Buffalo berry This native shrub grows up to about 5ft tall here. The flowers smell like cloves. The fruit goes from a yellow to red then when ripe almost black.
Plant Recommendations For E. Oklahoma Chokecherry Large shrub or small tree to 10 m (30 ft) tall. The fruit is used to make jellies and jams. Chokecherry provided a staple for Native American tribes. Chinese Chestnut Chinese chestnuts are a favorite nut tree to plant in the United States, because of the early production of nuts and the cold hardiness of the chestnut plant. The Chinese chestnut is an excellent flavored chestnut. Currant Currant canes lack spines or prickles and bear 8 to 30 smaller fruit in clusters (figure 1). A mature gooseberry or currant shrub can produce up to four quarts of fruit annually. Sour Cherry Sour cherries are generally better adapted to Oklahoma than sweet cherries. North Star sour cherry is an exceptional dwarf tree.
Plant Recommendations For E. Oklahoma Elderberry Oklahoma is blessed with abundant elderberry bushes. The elderberries are edible and make very good jelly, jam, and juices. Native Americans used the berries for fever and rheumatism. Fig Tree Fig trees such as the Brown turkey and the Tennessee mountain fig trees are cold hardy. Fig tree/shrubs are often 6 in height. Well-drained fertile soil and full sunlight and plenty of room to grow. Ground Nut Easy to start from a tuber. It reproduces quickly underground. The tubers are edible and were a staple food of the native Americans. Gingko Tree This ancient genus may date back to the dinosaurs. It is listed with the Oklahoma forestry champion trees.
Plant Recommendations For E. Oklahoma Gooseberry The gooseberry bush has thorny, arching branches giving the plant a height and breadth of three to five feet. Its berry is one of the few fruits commonly picked full-size but underripe, when it is used for cooking into jams, pies and many varieties are excellent eaten fresh. Goumi Nitrogen-fixer. Fruit - raw or cooked. Pleasantly acid when ripe, they make a very good dessert fruit though they are usually made into pies, preserves etc. The fruit must be fully ripe before it can be enjoyed raw. Grape Vine Muscadine grape vines grow well and seedless grape vines, such as the Red Flame and Thompson are productive. The Blue Concord, the White Niagara grapevine and the Catawba bunch grape are also excellent. Hawthorn Parsley hawthorne is a small, deciduous tree or shrub with both thorny or sometimes thornless branches. The dainty, white, five-petaled blossoms are followed by bright-red, persistent fruits which provides food for birds.
Plant Recommendations For E. Oklahoma Hazelnut A thicket forming spreading shrub 3 to 10 feet tall. Fruits mature in July August in clusters of 2 to 6, seeds 3/8 to 5/8 inch diameter, light brown, sweet, edible. Seeds are enjoyed by wildlife. Jujube The small fruit most closely resembles a date when dried. Fresh jujube are crisp, with a sweet apple-like flavor. The fruit can be enjoyed fresh, dried or candied. Jujubes are best described as indestructible. They love hot dry areas with poor soil. All jujubes are self pollinating. Juniper Resistant to most insects and diseases. The silvery blue foliage is complemented with masses of purplish-blue berries, a true treat for birds and other wildlife. Jerusalem Artichoke Tuber bearing member of the sunflower family with lovely yellow sunflowers. The Pawnee reportedly ate them only raw, but the other tribes ate the tubers raw, boiled, or roasted. (Tuber edible root such as carrot or potato)
Plant Recommendations For E. Oklahoma Kiwi Vine Actinidia arguta is a hardy kiwi. Small fruit with smooth skin. Keeps 2 to 3 months in storage. Produces for 60 years. Bears in 3 to 4 years. Plant 6 to 8 females per male. No disease or insect problems. It ripens in late summer. Black Locust Black locust is a legume with root nodes that, along with bacteria, "fixes" atmospheric nitrogen into the soil. Its roots spread rapidly and it is good for erosion control. It will reach 35 tall and 20 wide. Lead Plant A small, deciduous shrub, 1-3 ft. tall, with tiny, purple flowers grouped together in colorful, terminal spikes. Compound leaves are covered with short, dense hairs, giving the plant a grayish appearance. It has very deep roots, 4 feet (1.2 m) or deeper. Pea Shrub This perennial tree or shrub has its most active growth period from spring until fall. It has green foliage and inconspicuous yellow flowers, with an abundance of conspicuous brown fruits or seeds. It will reach up to 12 feet high.
Plant Recommendations For E. Oklahoma PawPaw A patch-forming understory tree (<35) found in well-drained, fertile bottom-land and hilly upland habitat. The pawpaw is the largest edible fruit indigenous to the United States. The fruit is creamy. They are used much like bananas. American Persimmon These trees often grow in clusters and can grow to 100 tall You will want to wait for the first frost to forage this fruit. When they fall from the tree and look past the ripe stage is just when they are perfect. They can be used for pudding and jam. Peach They grow well in Oklahoma and are easy to care for. Choose cold-tolerant varieties. The 'Redhaven,' 'Lovell' and 'Halford' cultivars are recommended. Plant the peach tree in the spring, as soon as the ground thaws. American Plum A perennial tree or shrub (up to 25) that has its most active growth period in the spring and summer. It has green foliage and inconspicuous white flowers, with a moderate amount of conspicuous red fruits or seeds.
Plant Recommendations For E. Oklahoma Russian Mulberry The trees grow over 50 tall in Oklahoma. The preferred way to pick these berries is to spread an old sheet below the tree and shake the limbs. The ripe berries fall freely. Strawberry The most successful strawberry planting receives full sun most of the day. Irrigation water should be available to help the plants survive dry periods throughout the year. Saskatoon Berry (AKA Serviceberry) This tree can grow to over thirty feet tall in Oklahoma. It has oval leaves that are toothed. The bloom is what stands out to me, five petals that are long and wispy. The green berries will turn a dark purplish color when ripe. Often used by the Creek. It is good for jam and jelly.
Plant Recommendations For E. Oklahoma Sea Buckthorn One of the most widely grown hardy fruiting plants in the world. The large, ornamental shrubs grow 6 to 10 feet tall with narrow silver leaves and abundant clusters of yellow- orange 3/8 inch fruits in late summer and fall. The berries persist well into winter for enjoyment by birds. The fruit is very high in Vitamins C, A and E and makes a delicious substitute for orange juice when sweetened, the flavor is likened to a blend of orange and passion fruit. Silverberry An rounded, twiggy shrub, 1-12 ft. tall, with narrow, silvery- scurfy leaves on grayish-red branches. Cone-shaped flowers are spicily perfumed with a heavy, sweet scent. The fruit is a dry, mealy, whitish berry. Fast-growing, long-lived and resistant to disease and insect problems and drought. Sumac Fruit form in pyramidal clusters and are hairy red berry-like drupes that persist into winter providing interest and food for wildlife such as bluebirds. Flowers that bloom in spring attract bees and butterflies. Heights vary from 6-10.
Team Members Current 1 Teacher James Spicer Green Country Permaculture Potential 2 Teachers James Spicer Green Country Permaculture 13 Students with support from Street School Key Club members Cafeteria Manager Building & Grounds Manager
17 Permaculture is really about relationship, our relationship as humans to the world around us. Will (do) we work with the natural abundance and flows of our world and universe, or, will (do) we ignore these?
Ethical Principles of Permaculture Care of the Earth (Rebuild natures capital) Care of the People (Nurture the self, kin and community) Fair Share (Live simply so that others may simply live)
BLEEP
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21 The systems by which we live today are simply, non-sustainable. Bill Mollison Permaculture A Designers Manual
Grow Your Own Food
Share With Others. Participate in a Community Market Edmond Farmers Market First & Littler, Edmond, Mike Clark at 359.4629.
Learning about and collecting native and edible wild plants.
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  • 1. Street School Garden School Garden Visioning & Strategic Planning Christy Dancer Busch
  • 2. Street School Mission Our comprehensive and individualized services enable students to reach their potential and become responsible and productive adults. The Street School program incorporates teaching through real life experiences which reinforce key learning outcomes.
  • 3. The Purpose of Street School Garden The garden will support the following graduation outcomes: Have the Desire to Create a Healthy Lifestyle Become a Life Long Learner and Visionary Laugh Often, Love Much and Enjoy Life to the Fullest!
  • 4. Mission & Vision Mission Real life gardening experiences will enable students to reach their potential and become responsible and productive adults. Vision Students will graduate with a strong connection to nature and a desire to continue producing their own food.
  • 5. Our Top 5 Priorities Nurture and cultivate current gardens (4) in addition to fruit and nut trees, bushes, shrubs and vines. Harvest produce and share with school: Salads Smoothies Wraps
  • 6. Our Goals Wildcrafting Outreach to other schools High School student gardeners will mentor elementary school student gardeners. Develop Neighborhood Garden Expand Garden to include ALL permaculture plants.
  • 7. Plant Recommendations For E. Oklahoma Apple Apples and peaches are the best adapted to Oklahoma conditions. Apples bloom later and are less susceptible to spring frosts. Autumn Olive A large deciduous shrub that can grow to 20 feet - can be somewhat invasive. Tart little red berries are found on a shrubby tree that grows with some profusion. Wildlife and human life can eat these berries. Blackberry Blackberries grow in large tangled mounds. Blackberries usually have twice the fruit that a dewberry does as well as thorns. Buffalo berry This native shrub grows up to about 5ft tall here. The flowers smell like cloves. The fruit goes from a yellow to red then when ripe almost black.
  • 8. Plant Recommendations For E. Oklahoma Chokecherry Large shrub or small tree to 10 m (30 ft) tall. The fruit is used to make jellies and jams. Chokecherry provided a staple for Native American tribes. Chinese Chestnut Chinese chestnuts are a favorite nut tree to plant in the United States, because of the early production of nuts and the cold hardiness of the chestnut plant. The Chinese chestnut is an excellent flavored chestnut. Currant Currant canes lack spines or prickles and bear 8 to 30 smaller fruit in clusters (figure 1). A mature gooseberry or currant shrub can produce up to four quarts of fruit annually. Sour Cherry Sour cherries are generally better adapted to Oklahoma than sweet cherries. North Star sour cherry is an exceptional dwarf tree.
  • 9. Plant Recommendations For E. Oklahoma Elderberry Oklahoma is blessed with abundant elderberry bushes. The elderberries are edible and make very good jelly, jam, and juices. Native Americans used the berries for fever and rheumatism. Fig Tree Fig trees such as the Brown turkey and the Tennessee mountain fig trees are cold hardy. Fig tree/shrubs are often 6 in height. Well-drained fertile soil and full sunlight and plenty of room to grow. Ground Nut Easy to start from a tuber. It reproduces quickly underground. The tubers are edible and were a staple food of the native Americans. Gingko Tree This ancient genus may date back to the dinosaurs. It is listed with the Oklahoma forestry champion trees.
  • 10. Plant Recommendations For E. Oklahoma Gooseberry The gooseberry bush has thorny, arching branches giving the plant a height and breadth of three to five feet. Its berry is one of the few fruits commonly picked full-size but underripe, when it is used for cooking into jams, pies and many varieties are excellent eaten fresh. Goumi Nitrogen-fixer. Fruit - raw or cooked. Pleasantly acid when ripe, they make a very good dessert fruit though they are usually made into pies, preserves etc. The fruit must be fully ripe before it can be enjoyed raw. Grape Vine Muscadine grape vines grow well and seedless grape vines, such as the Red Flame and Thompson are productive. The Blue Concord, the White Niagara grapevine and the Catawba bunch grape are also excellent. Hawthorn Parsley hawthorne is a small, deciduous tree or shrub with both thorny or sometimes thornless branches. The dainty, white, five-petaled blossoms are followed by bright-red, persistent fruits which provides food for birds.
  • 11. Plant Recommendations For E. Oklahoma Hazelnut A thicket forming spreading shrub 3 to 10 feet tall. Fruits mature in July August in clusters of 2 to 6, seeds 3/8 to 5/8 inch diameter, light brown, sweet, edible. Seeds are enjoyed by wildlife. Jujube The small fruit most closely resembles a date when dried. Fresh jujube are crisp, with a sweet apple-like flavor. The fruit can be enjoyed fresh, dried or candied. Jujubes are best described as indestructible. They love hot dry areas with poor soil. All jujubes are self pollinating. Juniper Resistant to most insects and diseases. The silvery blue foliage is complemented with masses of purplish-blue berries, a true treat for birds and other wildlife. Jerusalem Artichoke Tuber bearing member of the sunflower family with lovely yellow sunflowers. The Pawnee reportedly ate them only raw, but the other tribes ate the tubers raw, boiled, or roasted. (Tuber edible root such as carrot or potato)
  • 12. Plant Recommendations For E. Oklahoma Kiwi Vine Actinidia arguta is a hardy kiwi. Small fruit with smooth skin. Keeps 2 to 3 months in storage. Produces for 60 years. Bears in 3 to 4 years. Plant 6 to 8 females per male. No disease or insect problems. It ripens in late summer. Black Locust Black locust is a legume with root nodes that, along with bacteria, "fixes" atmospheric nitrogen into the soil. Its roots spread rapidly and it is good for erosion control. It will reach 35 tall and 20 wide. Lead Plant A small, deciduous shrub, 1-3 ft. tall, with tiny, purple flowers grouped together in colorful, terminal spikes. Compound leaves are covered with short, dense hairs, giving the plant a grayish appearance. It has very deep roots, 4 feet (1.2 m) or deeper. Pea Shrub This perennial tree or shrub has its most active growth period from spring until fall. It has green foliage and inconspicuous yellow flowers, with an abundance of conspicuous brown fruits or seeds. It will reach up to 12 feet high.
  • 13. Plant Recommendations For E. Oklahoma PawPaw A patch-forming understory tree (<35) found in well-drained, fertile bottom-land and hilly upland habitat. The pawpaw is the largest edible fruit indigenous to the United States. The fruit is creamy. They are used much like bananas. American Persimmon These trees often grow in clusters and can grow to 100 tall You will want to wait for the first frost to forage this fruit. When they fall from the tree and look past the ripe stage is just when they are perfect. They can be used for pudding and jam. Peach They grow well in Oklahoma and are easy to care for. Choose cold-tolerant varieties. The 'Redhaven,' 'Lovell' and 'Halford' cultivars are recommended. Plant the peach tree in the spring, as soon as the ground thaws. American Plum A perennial tree or shrub (up to 25) that has its most active growth period in the spring and summer. It has green foliage and inconspicuous white flowers, with a moderate amount of conspicuous red fruits or seeds.
  • 14. Plant Recommendations For E. Oklahoma Russian Mulberry The trees grow over 50 tall in Oklahoma. The preferred way to pick these berries is to spread an old sheet below the tree and shake the limbs. The ripe berries fall freely. Strawberry The most successful strawberry planting receives full sun most of the day. Irrigation water should be available to help the plants survive dry periods throughout the year. Saskatoon Berry (AKA Serviceberry) This tree can grow to over thirty feet tall in Oklahoma. It has oval leaves that are toothed. The bloom is what stands out to me, five petals that are long and wispy. The green berries will turn a dark purplish color when ripe. Often used by the Creek. It is good for jam and jelly.
  • 15. Plant Recommendations For E. Oklahoma Sea Buckthorn One of the most widely grown hardy fruiting plants in the world. The large, ornamental shrubs grow 6 to 10 feet tall with narrow silver leaves and abundant clusters of yellow- orange 3/8 inch fruits in late summer and fall. The berries persist well into winter for enjoyment by birds. The fruit is very high in Vitamins C, A and E and makes a delicious substitute for orange juice when sweetened, the flavor is likened to a blend of orange and passion fruit. Silverberry An rounded, twiggy shrub, 1-12 ft. tall, with narrow, silvery- scurfy leaves on grayish-red branches. Cone-shaped flowers are spicily perfumed with a heavy, sweet scent. The fruit is a dry, mealy, whitish berry. Fast-growing, long-lived and resistant to disease and insect problems and drought. Sumac Fruit form in pyramidal clusters and are hairy red berry-like drupes that persist into winter providing interest and food for wildlife such as bluebirds. Flowers that bloom in spring attract bees and butterflies. Heights vary from 6-10.
  • 16. Team Members Current 1 Teacher James Spicer Green Country Permaculture Potential 2 Teachers James Spicer Green Country Permaculture 13 Students with support from Street School Key Club members Cafeteria Manager Building & Grounds Manager
  • 17. 17 Permaculture is really about relationship, our relationship as humans to the world around us. Will (do) we work with the natural abundance and flows of our world and universe, or, will (do) we ignore these?
  • 18. Ethical Principles of Permaculture Care of the Earth (Rebuild natures capital) Care of the People (Nurture the self, kin and community) Fair Share (Live simply so that others may simply live)
  • 19. BLEEP
  • 21. 21 The systems by which we live today are simply, non-sustainable. Bill Mollison Permaculture A Designers Manual
  • 23. Share With Others. Participate in a Community Market Edmond Farmers Market First & Littler, Edmond, Mike Clark at 359.4629.
  • 24. Learning about and collecting native and edible wild plants.
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