Growing Together: Open Forum

Hi!

I bought this book after some recommendations through my county's school garden community group (Santa Clara County, CA).    I plan to pull some lessons out for our volunteer run program at my school but I am wondering if anyone is currently using it and loves it or has some particular lessons that they like.

What I like in theory about the lessons in this book is that they are concise and I think that several could be followed fairly easily by parents who don't know much about gardening. 

The School Garden Curriculum

Have you looked at life lab from Santa Cruz? They have a demonstration garden and curriculum. They also have parent training workshops to help teach outdoor classroom.

https://www.lifelab.org 

Many years ago when I was helping at my sons garden we had an opportunity to do training. I helped with the garden redesign at Booksin elementary in San Jose. 

Hi!

I bought this book after some recommendations through my county's school garden community group (Santa Clara County, CA).    I plan to pull some lessons out for our volunteer run program at my school but I am wondering if anyone is currently using it and loves it or has some particular lessons that they like.

What I like in theory about the lessons in this book is that they are concise and I think that several could be followed fairly easily by parents who don't know much about gardening. 

The School Garden Curriculum

Hi!

Yes, I have but the Life Lab lessons were too hard to follow for volunteers and many were not in the garden doing actual gardening. We have limited time and I have to find lessons that anyone can do.  I think Life Lab lessons are better for the actual teachers but we had about 5 teachers go do the training and maybe one of them actually did anything with that knowledge. 

I think we could pick out something from Life Lab to work on during lunches if we can get enough volunteer support so kids don't forget what they started working on. (Right now only one week day lunch time garden access.)

Do you have pictures of the Booksin garden or is the campus open for me to check it out?  I'm in Los Gatos, so not far.

Have you looked at life lab from Santa Cruz? They have a demonstration garden and curriculum. They also have parent training workshops to help teach outdoor classroom.

https://www.lifelab.org 

Many years ago when I was helping at my sons garden we had an opportunity to do training. I helped with the garden redesign at Booksin elementary in San Jose. 

Hi!

I bought this book after some recommendations through my county's school garden community group (Santa Clara County, CA).    I plan to pull some lessons out for our volunteer run program at my school but I am wondering if anyone is currently using it and loves it or has some particular lessons that they like.

What I like in theory about the lessons in this book is that they are concise and I think that several could be followed fairly easily by parents who don't know much about gardening. 

The School Garden Curriculum

It's been many years since I've been back to Booksin. My son has already graduated from high school. You can certainly contact the principal and ask if they can do a garden tour for you. We've moved to Idaho and now I teach gardening at a homeschool co-op.   I only have 45 -1 hour a week in garden class that doesn't even have its own garden. I've used a mix of lifelab and this free curriculum from Wholefoods. It's certainly harder when parents helping don't actually garden. 

https://www.wholekidsfoundation.org/assets/documents/AHA_WKF_Garden_Curriculum_rev4.2.pdf

I've started to look at this by Matt powers

https://matt-powers.mykajabi.com/the-permaculture-student-online-k-12  but haven't used it in the classroom yet.

Hi!

Yes, I have but the Life Lab lessons were too hard to follow for volunteers and many were not in the garden doing actual gardening. We have limited time and I have to find lessons that anyone can do.  I think Life Lab lessons are better for the actual teachers but we had about 5 teachers go do the training and maybe one of them actually did anything with that knowledge. 

I think we could pick out something from Life Lab to work on during lunches if we can get enough volunteer support so kids don't forget what they started working on. (Right now only one week day lunch time garden access.)

Do you have pictures of the Booksin garden or is the campus open for me to check it out?  I'm in Los Gatos, so not far.

Have you looked at life lab from Santa Cruz? They have a demonstration garden and curriculum. They also have parent training workshops to help teach outdoor classroom.

https://www.lifelab.org 

Many years ago when I was helping at my sons garden we had an opportunity to do training. I helped with the garden redesign at Booksin elementary in San Jose. 

Hi!

I bought this book after some recommendations through my county's school garden community group (Santa Clara County, CA).    I plan to pull some lessons out for our volunteer run program at my school but I am wondering if anyone is currently using it and loves it or has some particular lessons that they like.

What I like in theory about the lessons in this book is that they are concise and I think that several could be followed fairly easily by parents who don't know much about gardening. 

The School Garden Curriculum

Have you looked at life lab from Santa Cruz? They have a demonstration garden and curriculum. They also have parent training workshops to help teach outdoor classroom.

https://www.lifelab.org 

Many years ago when I was helping at my sons garden we had an opportunity to do training. I helped with the garden redesign at Booksin elementary in San Jose. 

Hi!

I bought this book after some recommendations through my county's school garden community group (Santa Clara County, CA).    I plan to pull some lessons out for our volunteer run program at my school but I am wondering if anyone is currently using it and loves it or has some particular lessons that they like.

What I like in theory about the lessons in this book is that they are concise and I think that several could be followed fairly easily by parents who don't know much about gardening. 

The School Garden Curriculum

You  might also want to check out lesson plans as part of FoodPrints that can be found at the following link: https://www.freshfarm.org/foodprints/curriculum/lessons

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Lessons Archive

Have you looked at life lab from Santa Cruz? They have a demonstration garden and curriculum. They also have parent training workshops to help teach outdoor classroom.

https://www.lifelab.org 

Many years ago when I was helping at my sons garden we had an opportunity to do training. I helped with the garden redesign at Booksin elementary in San Jose. 

Hi!

I bought this book after some recommendations through my county's school garden community group (Santa Clara County, CA).    I plan to pull some lessons out for our volunteer run program at my school but I am wondering if anyone is currently using it and loves it or has some particular lessons that they like.

What I like in theory about the lessons in this book is that they are concise and I think that several could be followed fairly easily by parents who don't know much about gardening. 

The School Garden Curriculum

Have you looked at life lab from Santa Cruz? They have a demonstration garden and curriculum. They also have parent training workshops to help teach outdoor classroom.

https://www.lifelab.org 

Many years ago when I was helping at my sons garden we had an opportunity to do training. I helped with the garden redesign at Booksin elementary in San Jose. 

Hi!

I bought this book after some recommendations through my county's school garden community group (Santa Clara County, CA).    I plan to pull some lessons out for our volunteer run program at my school but I am wondering if anyone is currently using it and loves it or has some particular lessons that they like.

What I like in theory about the lessons in this book is that they are concise and I think that several could be followed fairly easily by parents who don't know much about gardening. 

The School Garden Curriculum

Hi!

I bought this book after some recommendations through my county's school garden community group (Santa Clara County, CA).    I plan to pull some lessons out for our volunteer run program at my school but I am wondering if anyone is currently using it and loves it or has some particular lessons that they like.

What I like in theory about the lessons in this book is that they are concise and I think that several could be followed fairly easily by parents who don't know much about gardening. 

The School Garden Curriculum

Hi Pamela!  I was just thinking about purchasing this book! From the preview, it seemed like a good, whole systems approach to gardening and teaching gardening. 

Hi!

I bought this book after some recommendations through my county's school garden community group (Santa Clara County, CA).    I plan to pull some lessons out for our volunteer run program at my school but I am wondering if anyone is currently using it and loves it or has some particular lessons that they like.

What I like in theory about the lessons in this book is that they are concise and I think that several could be followed fairly easily by parents who don't know much about gardening. 

The School Garden Curriculum

The intro is called "Where Permaculture Meets Science" and I wish that all parents and school administrators could read just the intro.  It really shows how gardening encompasses so many important things for children's growth.  This is why I am hopeful that the lessons will work! I am about to dive in and tag pages for possible lessons.

Hi Pamela!  I was just thinking about purchasing this book! From the preview, it seemed like a good, whole systems approach to gardening and teaching gardening. 

Hi!

I bought this book after some recommendations through my county's school garden community group (Santa Clara County, CA).    I plan to pull some lessons out for our volunteer run program at my school but I am wondering if anyone is currently using it and loves it or has some particular lessons that they like.

What I like in theory about the lessons in this book is that they are concise and I think that several could be followed fairly easily by parents who don't know much about gardening. 

The School Garden Curriculum

Hi!

I bought this book after some recommendations through my county's school garden community group (Santa Clara County, CA).    I plan to pull some lessons out for our volunteer run program at my school but I am wondering if anyone is currently using it and loves it or has some particular lessons that they like.

What I like in theory about the lessons in this book is that they are concise and I think that several could be followed fairly easily by parents who don't know much about gardening. 

The School Garden Curriculum

Hi!

I bought this book after some recommendations through my county's school garden community group (Santa Clara County, CA).    I plan to pull some lessons out for our volunteer run program at my school but I am wondering if anyone is currently using it and loves it or has some particular lessons that they like.

What I like in theory about the lessons in this book is that they are concise and I think that several could be followed fairly easily by parents who don't know much about gardening. 

The School Garden Curriculum

Hi Pamela! I also use this curriculum book and enjoy the quick, easy to follow lessons. I also like how it's broken down by grade level. My one suggestion is that the volunteers may need some additional information if they do not have gardening knowledge. Often, the lesson tells the reader what questions to ask the students (i.e. - What side of the garlic bulb goes down in the soil? or Where are the best places to plant garlic in the garden?) but then does not answer those questions. You do need some background knowledge, or else you will end up researching a bit before teaching. I would still recommend buying this book as it's a great starting point for your lessons! 

Hi!

I bought this book after some recommendations through my county's school garden community group (Santa Clara County, CA).    I plan to pull some lessons out for our volunteer run program at my school but I am wondering if anyone is currently using it and loves it or has some particular lessons that they like.

What I like in theory about the lessons in this book is that they are concise and I think that several could be followed fairly easily by parents who don't know much about gardening. 

The School Garden Curriculum

Hi!

I bought this book after some recommendations through my county's school garden community group (Santa Clara County, CA).    I plan to pull some lessons out for our volunteer run program at my school but I am wondering if anyone is currently using it and loves it or has some particular lessons that they like.

What I like in theory about the lessons in this book is that they are concise and I think that several could be followed fairly easily by parents who don't know much about gardening. 

The School Garden Curriculum

Hi Pamela, you have lots of comments to sort through but here is another resource that Classroom in Bloom has developed with teacher and teaching in mind for K-6th grade garden curriculum. It is WA State focused in the context of WA State Science Standards are reflected in each lesson, but that shouldn't matter much. 

Hope you found lots of great garden education resources to learn and grow!

Hi!

I bought this book after some recommendations through my county's school garden community group (Santa Clara County, CA).    I plan to pull some lessons out for our volunteer run program at my school but I am wondering if anyone is currently using it and loves it or has some particular lessons that they like.

What I like in theory about the lessons in this book is that they are concise and I think that several could be followed fairly easily by parents who don't know much about gardening. 

The School Garden Curriculum

Hi!

I bought this book after some recommendations through my county's school garden community group (Santa Clara County, CA).    I plan to pull some lessons out for our volunteer run program at my school but I am wondering if anyone is currently using it and loves it or has some particular lessons that they like.

What I like in theory about the lessons in this book is that they are concise and I think that several could be followed fairly easily by parents who don't know much about gardening. 

The School Garden Curriculum