Funding
Green Schools are finding a range of community funding partners, including neighborhood businesses that have contributed $17,000 to the effort. Other funders include KeyBank, City of Cleveland, Ohio Department of Natural Resources, Martha Holden Jennings Foundation, and Thomas A. White Foundation. The Cleveland Foundation is funding a collaborative effort to create a National Model Learning Garden at Orchard Elementary School as part of that school's playground project that will engage nationally renowned designers to develop a more sophisticated outdoor classroom.

Our Partners
The design and safety standards for each garden were developed in conjunction with noted local landscape architect James S. McKnight. Green Schools continue collaborations with local providers of informal education such as Cleveland Botanical Garden, Cleveland MetroParks Zoo, Lake Farm Park, and others. Overall long-term school ground maintenance is the responsibility of the Cleveland School District.