The Cleveland Municipal School District hosts over 60 active G.R.O.W. schools. If you live in the city it is almost impossible to travel anywhere with out passing by at least one. Some of the CMSD schools such as Orchard Elementary have fully developed their outdoor green space into involved ecosystems complete with native landscaping, compost bins and water features. Other G.R.O.W. schools such as Garret Morgan Middle School and Garfield Elementary proudly host outdoor produce gardens that generally yield substantial eatable fruits and vegetables throughout the year.

In order to develop such complex display of outdoor classrooms, CMSD staff has partnered with landscape and environmental experts from several local groups such as ParkWorks, Cleveland Botanical Gardens, and OSU Extension.

Most of the G.R.O.W. schools have built on to their science and math curriculum by incorporating their outdoor environmental education into other, less obvious areas of study, such as Language Art and Social Studies.

While these gardens exist on CMSD owned property, they have been built to serve the surrounding communities as well. The gardens hope to form a social glue between the associated school, and adjacent neighborhood, while continuing to educate the community as a whole.