Programs
Golden Design & Lawn Care
"A weed is a plant that has mastered every survival skill except for learning how to grow in rows"- Doug Larson
Apprentices are taught the tenets of career-based learning, the skills of different trades, soft skills of teamwork, and etiquette. Practioners mentor and teach youth trades: Landscaping, Commercial/Residential Construction, Plumbing and Electrical.
Dore' Nail Academy
"Imitation is the only limitation of nail art"
In a traditional school setting, apprentices will be taught the curriculum of nail/cosmetology of the State of Tennessee to prepare students to pass state certification tests. Natural Hair/Braiding Certifications are included.
Golden Haven Program Establishment
"Believe you can, and you're halfway there" -Theodore Roosevelt
This house is the prototype model of house rehabilitation. Interior and Exterior renovation methods apprenticeship: The apprentices of this program learn the foundational skills (commercial cleaning, painting, electrical, plumbing, roofing, and beautification expertise of restoring a dilapidated home into a home, meeting all expectations of code enforcement compliance.
China Smith
Community Garden
A garden is grand teacher! It teaches patience, watchfulness, industryy & thrift! Above all it teaches TRUST!
Apprentices are taught the human response to vegetation and nature. This component of Golden Institute provides the teaching of skills such as gardening, healthy decision-making, awareness of fitness, and landscape design.
The China Smith Community Garden will also help to address the food deserts by implementing the Green Fork initiative to provide fresh vegetables to underserved communities.
In addition, the garden will have spaces that promote socio-emotional stress, by embracing meditation, destressing, and calmness through different decompressing strategies such as fountains, curated serenity spaces for yoga, and box car homes for the homeless and displaced.