Growing Together: Open Forum

Hi! Hoping to see many of you at tomorrow's Community Chat on garden design! We can chat about making gardens accessible, creating learning spaces, engaging features, plant selection, pros and cons of different materials, theme gardens, and anything else you'd like to discuss. From those new to gardening to seasoned educators, everyone is welcome!

If you can't make it, feel free to register and drop your questions in the registration form or here in the Community. 

Garden Design
4/23 at 3PM ET
Register

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Amelia Dupuis
Kids Garden Community Manager
KidsGardening
she/her
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It was a great Community Chat this week! Thank you to everyone who joined and shared so many great ideas and resources for designing youth gardens!

The recording of the Chat is attached and below are some of the resources that were shared. 

If you have more questions about garden design, ask away! 

Resources:

• Landscape Design for Youth Gardens e-Course (by KidsGardening)

• School Garden Coordinator Certificate Training (by Oregon State University)

• A resource from KidsGardening on inclusive garden design

• Increasing Inclusion in the School Garden resource packet from School Garden Project

• Raised beds 101

• Accessible garden paths

• Lots of inclusive gardening resources and webinars from Florida Horticulture for Health Network

• Designing and placing the garden

• Community brainstorming session

Recording Time Stamps:

9:15 - Suggestions for tackling raised garden beds overgrown with grass

16:55 - Using burlap in the garden

22:00 - Accessible garden design

31:15 - Ideas for engaging pathways and other garden elements

39:00 - Involving kids in garden design and builds

51:45 - Incorporating learning spaces in a garden

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Amelia Dupuis
Kids Garden Community Manager
KidsGardening
she/her
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