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  • 1.  Share your websites with the Community!

    Posted 20 days ago

    Hi all! I wanted to start a thread for members to share links to their own (or their organization's) websites/resources. I know some of you have some great personal or professional sites related to youth gardening that might be useful for other members to explore. Feel free to drop your links in this thread (and tell us a little bit about yourself or your site)! 


    Please keep in mind:

    • Please only share your own sites
    • You can always add links to your websites/content/blogs/etc. to your profile
    • We'll remove any links that are clearly spammy
    • Please do not start new individual posts to share your websites


    (P.S. Thanks to new member @Ciaran De Buitlear for sparking this idea!)



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    Amelia Dupuis
    Kids Garden Community Manager
    KidsGardening
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  • 2.  RE: Share your websites with the Community!

    Posted 20 days ago

    Thanks Amelia and Hi all,

     I'm Ciarán from Ireland. I run GardeningWell, where I focus on helping families, schools, and communities create wildlife‑friendly gardens and outdoor learning spaces.

    My site is here: https://gardeningwell.ie

    Two resources that might be especially useful for youth gardening:

    • School Wildlife Garden Guide – a practical, step‑by‑step guide for creating pollinator‑friendly spaces with students

    • Using the Garden as an Outdoor Classroom – includes a short video and simple activities teachers can use immediately

    Both are easy to find on the website.

    I also share free seeds, plant notes, and simple wildlife‑gardening projects that work well with kids of all ages. Happy to answer questions or share ideas with anyone working on school or youth gardening projects.



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  • 3.  RE: Share your websites with the Community!

    Posted 20 days ago

    Hello Kids Gardening community!

    I'm Cat from Sharon, Vermont. 

    My Grow More, Waste Less website has lots of free resources to help with your school garden program: Resources | Grow More, Waste Less.

    My latest project is the Upper Valley Super Compost Project. We're bringing full scale composting systems to schools to manage any food scraps , first encouraging reduced waste and increased food donations to people (and farm animals). Eventually we'll have a toolkit available to help others replicate our regional model. You can learn more at the website: uvscp

    Best,

    Cat

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    Cat Buxton
    Grow More, Waste Less
    Upper Valley Super Compost Project
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  • 4.  RE: Share your websites with the Community!

    Posted 20 days ago

    Love this idea! I am Lauren Zappone Maples from Austin, Texas.  I am the founder and director of PEAS (Partners for Education, Agriculture, & Sustainability)

    Our website is: www.peascommunity.org

    We wrote a book: The Easy PEASy Guidebook for Place-Based Outdoor Education

    We also have a set of digital lessons that launch outdoor explorations.

    These are some of our other resources & services.



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    Lauren Zappone Maples
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  • 5.  RE: Share your websites with the Community!

    Posted 19 days ago

    Hello Everyone,

    My name is Abigail Reese-Kelley and I oversee Strategic Partnerships and Camp Coordination for Produce'd. We are an indoor hydroponics farm in Georgia, educating families, communities, and schools on all things hydroponics and sustainable agriculture. 

    Our website is: https://www.producedforall.com 

    We also have a fun Hydroponics STEAM Summer camp for rising 2nd-8th graders called GrowUP Camp where we bring hydroponics, AgTech, cooking, and sustainability all into one engaging, hands-on week. If you are in the Metro Atlanta area and looking for a cool summer camp to explore, check us out! 

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    Abigail Reese-Kelley
    GA
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  • 6.  RE: Share your websites with the Community!

    Posted 5 days ago

    Hi friends - thanks for making this space to share!

    I'm Jillian, Resources and Trainings Coordinator for City Blossoms. We are a nonprofit based in Washington, DC, that cultivates the well-being of our communities through creative programming in kid-driven gardens. Since 2008, City Blossoms has designed, developed, collaborated on, and provided programming or trainings for educators and community members both locally and nationally.

    We have a range of free resources on our website to share tips and best practices for anyone interested in supporting outdoor learning, from the dream phase to the build day through the first cooking day. Here are some of my favorites to highlight:

    Please feel free to reach out with any questions about our resources or programs. Hope we can connect out in a garden sometime!



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    Jillian Fan (she/her)
    Resources and Trainings Coordinator
    City Blossoms
    Washington, DC
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  • 7.  RE: Share your websites with the Community!

    Posted 3 days ago

    Hello

    Our rural school garden in Oregon does not have a website, but we have an active Facebook Page -Facebook . Check out the cutie patooties we get to work with and how much fun we are having in our weekly gardening class that is part of the regular school week for all students in grades K-8.

    Lua Siegel

    Luckiamute Valley Charter School

    Polk County, Oregon

    Facebook



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    Lua Siegel
    Dallas OR
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