July 16: 9 AM - 12 PM
Morning Boone Gardens Tour

Come see the innovation sprouting in Boone gardens!

BRWIA has partnered with Lettuce Learn to offer a family-friendly morning component to the High Country Farm Tour! In it’s inaugural year, the Boone Gardens Tour will feature 5 community gardens within Boone Town Limits that grow enormous amounts of food in a small space.

Kids activities by Lettuce Learn at every garden!
Be inspired by innovative growing techniques you can use at home! 
Learn how to get involved in growing food for our community!



The Lettuce Learn Project provides quality garden-based education programs to children of all ages. Their goal is to encourage holistic, place-based, experiential education opportunities that engage children with their natural world, introduce them to their agricultural heritage, and enable them to make healthy choices.  

1) ASU Sustainable Development Edible Schoolyard
Living Learning Center on Bodenheimer
305 Bodenheimer Dr. Boone, NC 28607

We provide the perfect opportunity to see one of the hidden treasures of Appalachian State University.  Join us for a walking tour of the Sustainable Development Civic Garden Project (Edible Schoolyard) to view the beautiful flowers, herbs, fruits, vegetable garden plots, composting system, cob greenhouse and beehive.

Products available for purchase during tour: Vegetables, herb and flower bouquets if available at that time
Directions: Head Northwest on W King Street toward N Depot St. Turn Left onto Depot St. Continue onto Bodenheimer Drive and the destination is on the left.
Contact:
828­-297-­6269 / 828­-406­-5477
dkbauer52@gmail.com

2) Lettuce Learn Garden at the ASU Child Development Center 
538 Poplar Grove Rd. Boone, NC 28607

The CDC Learning Garden is a budding community space intended for families, students, and aspiring gardeners. Throughout the garden you will find signs that educate both children and adults on basic gardening principles, as well as plenty of veggies, a family scavenger hunt, a sensory garden, and more! The CDC Learning Garden is a great stop on the Farm Tour for families, educators, students, and anyone who wants to learn more about gardening!

Directions:­ (421 N from West Jefferson) Continue straight on 421 N into Boone and pass through downtown (West King St). From the Water St stoplight downtown, go 0.3 mi and take the left immediately past Galileo's bar onto the Poplar Grove Connector. Continue 0.1 mi down the road and take a right onto Poplar Grove Road. Drive around the curve and look out for a sign saying "Appalachian Child Development Center" on the right.
Contact:
978-­270-­4120 
toolancc@appstate.edu

3) Hospitality House Community Garden 
Lauri Wilson
338 Brook Hollow Rd. Boone, NC 28607

When guests visit the Hospitality House they will see the hard work and dedication residents, community members, and volunteers put into this garden. We have 28+ raised beds where we grow vegetables, fruit, and herbs for residents' use and the HH kitchen that serve three free meals a day to the public. This year we included a Chicken Coop with a urban design that acts as a model for teaching residents and kid's about the importance of permaculture in the garden. Our chickens also help improve the compost for the garden. Our hope is that teaching residents gardening skills will allow for future food security. Please come support the Hospitality House and come see the chickens!
Contact
828-264-1237

4) Lettuce Learn Garden at Parkway Elementary School
160 Parkway School Drive Boone, NC 28607

Students in PreK through 8th grade involved in the Lettuce Learn project at Parkway School are learning how to grow food in a safe, sustainable way. We currently have a SunCatcher passive solar greenhouse, thirteen raised garden beds, two pollinator gardens, two food scapes, and an ecology area with a small pond and nature trail. Our mission is to create holistic, plant-­based, experiential education opportunities that engage children with their natural world, enable them to make healthy choices, and encourage them to help build sustainable communities.

Directions: Head out of Boone on 421 S toward Wilkesboro. Turn right onto Old US 421 S at the stoplight just past the Food Lion on 421. Go 2.6 mi and turn left onto Parkway School Drive. Go the lower parking lot near the large playground and walking track and meet at the picnic shelter for tours.
​Contact:
828­-266-­3215
shannonbcarroll@outlook.com

5) Mountain Pathways
421 Howards Creek Rd. Boone, NC 28607

Our program is called Farm Camp and the mission is to provide an intensive sustainable farming and gardening experience that focuses on basic gardening skills as well as harvesting, processing, and marketing farm products. Campers and students learn creative problem solving skills, the fundamentals of a sustainable food system, and practical life applications of science, technology, engineering, and math through hands on experience. 

Products can be found at: The Kid's Corner at the Watauga County Farmer's Market, Farm Camp when it is open to the public, Farm to Flame Food Truck, and The Joy Bistro
Products available for purchase during tour: Vegetable and herb starts 
Directions: (from Jefferson ­221 South/421 N to Boone) Turn right on NC­ 194 and travel 1.6 miles. Turn left onto Howards Creek Road. Destination is on the left.
​Contact:
828-262-5787
awesome9to12ers@gmail.com​

6) Two Rivers Community School Garden
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Sorry, not available for tour this year.
Contact:
828-262-5411
megalosaurusbrown@gmail.com
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