Atwood Community Gardens

NEXT Steps provides youth (grades 2-12) with STEM++ education, entrepreneurship training, career mentoring and service learning opportunities.

Our Atwood Models introduce youth to career pathways in science, technology, engineering, mathematics and humanities through community gardening, volunteering, and a "bag of chips". Atwood is also our agricultural and environmental sciences program that converts underutilized green spaces into outdoor classrooms, community gardens, and nature-based activity hubs. Students visit Atwood Gardens to l  ...