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I am interested in both nature journaling and pressing/herbariums with students. I work in Dayton OH with an inner-city elementary school - grades 1 through 4. The 2nd and 4th graders have nature ...

I'm going to be running a summer camp garden program in a sleep-away camp for children with disabilities. The camp session runs for 7 weeks in July-August in New York, zone 6A. I'm looking for ideas of ...

Just took a great class recommended here with John Muir Laws on nature journaling. I'm also taking a year long class pressing plants to make my own herbarium. Curious if we have any folks here interested ...

Hi, I experienced the same restart. I found that using the no dig, no till technique was the best and it was better for the soil too. I simply overlapped cardboard that was soaked in water and covered ...

Christina - We have bilingual Junior Master Gardener curricula, parent recruitment letters, and weekly letters to send home. Here is a link to some of the parent letters. If you scroll down and look on ...

I just realized you are from San Deigo! ------------------------------ Nichole Garden ------------------------------

The most comprehensive document I have seen for a MOU or Inner agency agreement for Garden to Cafeteria programs is from the San Diego Unified School District. See link below. This covers Food Safety not ...

I would just start at the beginning: pulling weeds, refilling garden beds with soil, starting seeds in pots until the garden is ready. All of those could be done over a few weeks with small groups. Good ...

I am the Outdoor Classroom Curator which includes a produce garden too ------------------------------ donna burrus Fayette Academy Somerville TN ------------------------------

Hello, I sure understand where you are. I had to battle the perception that only environmental wackos should have a problem with roundup! here is how I solved it. First I put down a layer of overlapping ...

This is what I drafted: ------------------------------ Christina Abuelo School Garden Equity Catalyst Barrio Botany San Diego, CA m: 858-210-2628 ------------------------------

This webinar is hosted by KidsGardening. By their nature, gardens embody diversity. Garden education is increasingly recognized as an interdisciplinary approach that integrates academic goals, health ...

 06-19-2023  |  07:00 PM - 08:00 PM PT

Hi there, I'm looking for samples of flyers recruiting adult family members to volunteer in the school garden. Bonus points for Spanish translation. We are gearing up for a community work day, but also ...

Hi there, I'm looking for samples of flyers recruiting adult family members to volunteer in the school garden. Bonus points for Spanish translation. We are gearing up for a community work day, but also ...

Since summer is the hardest time to grow food in Texas, we have a plan in place that works great! Our garden is in the south (NTx region) we use black eyed peas as a cover crop over the summer. They do ...

These are great ideas. Here in Houston, Urban Harvest donates sweet potato slips for the school gardens to plant before school closes. The vines serve as a cover crop to prevent weeds, and the students ...

Thank you to everyone who attended yesterday's Community Chat! One of my favorite ideas that was shared......watermelon bowling! Attached is the recording and below are some time stamps and resources related ...

Hi,At Allis Elementary in Madison we have done a variety of care plans for summer. 1). Summer school students help with care and harvesting, with programming coordinated by volunteer garden coordinator ...

Thank you for sharing! This document is so well thought out. I love the map and photos. It looks like you have a wonderful outdoor learning space! ------------------------------ Karen Fleming ---- ...

Hi Rossana! You're welcome to check out the Granby School Garden facebook page and search/scroll through the posts to see how they are maintaining their Ohio native plant meadows and native butterfly habitat ...

I'm a newbie at my daughters school garden 1 year taken on the person in charge., getting it going and the up keep of it all is quit a bit. We have had two spring up: lil showed up at the first one mom ...

Summer break is here or almost here, and if you help manage a school garden or if you're considering starting a school garden, you might be wondering, "Who takes care of the garden during the summer?" ...

Summer break is here or almost here, and if you help manage a school garden or if you're considering starting a school garden, you might be wondering, "Who takes care of the garden during the summer?" ...

So sad. I went to UC Santa Cruz. Such a great community. My school garden here in Sacramento was vandalized constantly until the district put in a wrought iron fence. People take anything from schools ...

I would love to see your plan when you are ready. I agree, sustainablility with running the program and funding is an ongoing challenge. I am a one person band. Eventually plan to create an endowment to ...

I have spent the last school year as a classroom teacher. The school garden experienced almost full neglect. Admin is finally moving me back to Garden Teacher next month, which will involve working with ...

Thank you so much to all for your helpful answers and links. We are working in a middle school in Essex County, NJ. It's about 30 minutes from NYC. We are in contact with the Native Plant Society, Essex ...

Thank you Megan and Jacqueline. I am at a small, independent preschool in SoCal. The role I had begun a year ago was snuffed out a few months later and now resurrected. I notice the common term, "environmental". ...

Hi Danielle, School garden committees help school gardens be sustainable and continue for the long term. Garden committees are also something many funders and grantors look for! When I taught at ...

Environmental Education Resource Teacher ------------------------------ JACQUELINE LACEY Kimbark Elementary School San Bernardino CA ------------------------------

Environmental Educator Education manager/program coordinator Urban Ag Specialist (farmer) ------------------------------ Megan Heryet ------------------------------

The Eden Lab at UT has researched school gardens as a factor for the long term success of school gardens and we coach them through our SproUTing Teachers program. School gardens are so important to have ...

Thanks Rebecca. Sounds like so much fun. Great ideas! ------------------------------ Evelyn Margolin Sacramento, CA ------------------------------