Rothenberg Rooftop School Garden

Rothenberg Rooftop School Garden The Rooftop Garden School helps children engage with the natural environment first-hand to realize the importance of preservation and conservation.

The Rothenberg Rooftop School Garden enhances students’ development of critical thinking, science, math and literacy skills through hands-on application of classroom curriculum and increased community involvement. The Garden School will integrate hands-on learning experiences to reinforce concepts within traditional subjects as well as promote nutrition, healthy eating, and sustainability. Integra

ted with math, science, and language arts, the Rooftop Garden Program uses experiential learning opportunities to deepen students’ education. The Rooftop Garden is more than growing things; it's more than the children getting their hands dirty -- it is an innovative model in which academic standards required at each grade level are integrated thoroughly with garden-based lessons. The Rothenberg Rooftop Garden serves as a community gathering place and a point of pride in this historic inner city neighborhood. Lessons in sustainability and container gardening will be taught across generations, helping to advance the community as a whole toward:

Better Nutrition

Healthy Eating

Close-to-the Source Food Production

It's graduation day for our first group of interns. They did such a great job in the garden!
06/11/2026

It's graduation day for our first group of interns. They did such a great job in the garden!

We had a great morning with our interns in the garden at the Peaslee Neighborhood Center. We planted okra, tomatoes, pe...
06/10/2026

We had a great morning with our interns in the garden at the Peaslee Neighborhood Center. We planted okra, tomatoes, peppers, squash and melons.

Thank you to Findlay Market for hosting our interns this morning. We had a great time!
06/09/2026

Thank you to Findlay Market for hosting our interns this morning. We had a great time!

Thank you to our Western Hills Garden Club volunteers for working alongside our interns in the garden yesterday!
06/05/2026

Thank you to our Western Hills Garden Club volunteers for working alongside our interns in the garden yesterday!

Day 2 of our Summer Youth Internship program. Interns spent the morning at MadTree Alcove working in their pollinator ga...
06/02/2026

Day 2 of our Summer Youth Internship program. Interns spent the morning at MadTree Alcove working in their pollinator garden, and learning about how their interior live walls are installed and maintained.

Last day of school fun in the sun 🌞
05/29/2026

Last day of school fun in the sun 🌞

It was a busy week in the garden. The weather cooperated enough for us to plant our tomato and peanut plants. We also co...
05/16/2026

It was a busy week in the garden. The weather cooperated enough for us to plant our tomato and peanut plants. We also continue to harvest and eat strawberries, pick chamomile flowers for tea, and pulled a few turnips.

A special thank you to Findlay Market staff who volunteered on May 11th to help us w**d and install landscape fabric in ...
05/14/2026

A special thank you to Findlay Market staff who volunteered on May 11th to help us w**d and install landscape fabric in the new community garden!

Preschoolers had fun today harvesting and sampling strawberries, lettuce, and radishes from the garden.
05/06/2026

Preschoolers had fun today harvesting and sampling strawberries, lettuce, and radishes from the garden.

It was a great morning to celebrate Arbor Day with our students and staff here at Rothenberg 🌳
04/24/2026

It was a great morning to celebrate Arbor Day with our students and staff here at Rothenberg 🌳

Address

241 E Clifton Avenue
Cincinnati, OH
45202

Opening Hours

Monday 9am - 5pm
Tuesday 9am - 5pm
Wednesday 9am - 5pm
Thursday 9am - 5pm
Friday 9am - 5pm

Telephone

+15133635700

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