The Kitchen’s Learning Garden Beds were invented and designed by Jen Lewin as an educational tool to inspire spontaneous play by children and to create an attractive outdoor classroom for teachers. Unlike simple garden beds, the Learning Gardens comprise modular beds with built-in irrigation systems that can be shaped in any configuration to fit small and large plots in virtually every schoolyard. The garden’s organic lines contrast with the concrete, harsh lines of cities and inspire a natural reaction from students and teachers alike.

Learn more about the Learning Gardens, and the vision created and enabled by Kimbal Musk and Big Green, using these forms to improve the health of students and communities by creating experiential learning and garden-based education opportunities in low-income schools.