“A Learning Garden is a permanent, organic garden that includes fruit trees, shrubs and raised vegetable beds that provide an interactive outdoor space to connect children with real food. The Kitchen’s Learning Garden was specially designed by Jen Lewin Studios as an educational tool to inspire spontaneous play by children and create an attractive outdoor classroom for teachers. Unlike simple garden beds, a Learning Garden comprises 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 Learning Garden design also includes hand-painted signs by children to increase their ownership of the garden.”  http://www.thekitchencommunity.org