The Brick Miami Breaks Ground: Brings Schoolyard Garden to Leewood K-8 Center

On Monday, August 6, 2018, The Brick Miami broke ground at Leewood K-8 Center to kick off the restaurant’s school garden project and curriculum.

 

In coordination with Slow Food Miami, Corey Bousquet, the owner of The Brick Miami, adopted Leewood K-8 Center and aims to reconnect the students with their food by teaching them how to plant, grow, cook and enjoy real food through the school garden project.

 

“Being a part of our community and having a direct impact is very important to me,” said Bousquet. “And what better way is there for us at The Brick Miami than to bring the farm-to-table experience into a school, teaching our youth through their own school garden the importance of the environment, vegetation and simply fresh food.”

 

Bousquet has decided to take on the construction of the school garden himself and with the help from some of The Brick staff.

 

“Slow Food Miami offered to build the garden, but I wanted The Brick and myself to be as hands on as possible. I take pride in knowing that we built it from the ground up,” Bousquet explained.

 

Attached are photos of Corey Bousquet working on the framework of the garden on school property, showing the progress that has been made since breaking ground.

 

The project will go on to include an official planting day with students on Tuesday, October 9, 2018, and also an ongoing school garden curriculum for selected grades, visits to the school from the Chefs of The Brick and a recipe competition. Produce from the school garden will also be featured and used in some of the dishes prepared at The Brick Miami.

 

For more information regarding The Brick Miami and the Leewood School Garden Project, please contact Emily Scerba at emilyscerba@thebrickmiami.com and follow The Brick on Instagram @TheBrick_Miami.

 

The Brick is a farm-to-table restaurant located in the Downtown Dadeland area of Kendall, FL (8955 SW 72nd Pl). The restaurant takes pride in offering fresh, local and sustainable ingredients in all of their dishes.

 

WHO: The Brick Miami, Slow Food Miami & Students of Leewood K-8 Center
WHAT: School Garden Project
WHEN: Tuesday, October 9, 2018
WHERE: Leewood K-8 Center, 10343 SW 124th Street, Miami, FL 33176

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