Students Grow
Moss Haven Farm creates a healthy school environment for students and staff through active learning programs. Classroom lessons are continuously reinforced in a real world, outdoor setting and the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) are incorporated into farm teaching plans and activities.
Farm Highlights Include:
- Dedicated crop beds for each class (23 areas)
- Herb and history gardens
- Texas Native bed
- Rain catchment and measurement system
- Solar energy irrigation system
- Purple Martin House gourd system
- Learning area with custom tree stump chairs and outdoor chalkboard
- 1500-gallon rainwater harvest systems
- Growing for Giving Garden, high yield crops are donated to North Texas Food Bank
- Compost system, where students place lunch scraps
- After school 4H Club for students
- Certified National Wildlife Habitat and approved Texas Master Gardner volunteer site
- American Heart Association Teaching Garden
- United Way’s Healthy Zone School
- Supplier fresh produce for school salad bar
- Home to a custom chicken coop housing our Egg Laying/ Hatching Poultry Program
2019-2020
Moss Haven Farm Officers
and Committee Members
- President: Erin Prather Stafford
- Program Director: Kim Aman
- 1st VP Funding: Abby Wozny
- Secretary: Laura Pendleton
- Treasurer: Erin Miller
- 4-H Chairs: Tiffany Walker & Laurie Petty
- Farm Club Chairs: Erin Miller & Erin Wimberly
- Service Day: Kristie Poteet & Elly Weyenberg
- Sign Ups: Suzanne Bouvier
- Apparel: Aimee Bruyninckx & Whitney Williams
- Social Media: Charlotte Mims
Moss Haven Farm has deep roots. It is a thriving program with room to flourish…
