Up until recent roadsides were full of apple trees where children from schools could on their way back pick up apples or other fruits and eat them. Through this indirect knowledge about the process of food growing and seasonality was gained. Nowadays these apple tree gardens have largely disappeared. Up until declaration of independence in 1990 some kind of connection to gardening or farming was an integral part of education. After that only students who had some kind direct contact whether through country homes, grandparents, allotment gardens had the chance to see how food is grown. The food system is becoming more driven by large industrial farmers. The need for knowledge on food growing and seasonality is more needed than ever. Seeing this in 2018 four schools united forces with specialists from other fields to create school gardens where children, their parents and teachers could grow plants. They are in permanent communication with the specialists to ensure that the garden is growing in the best way possible.
