This free chart helps garden educators and volunteers turn bed, path, mulch, compost/topsoil, pea gravel, paver base, sand, and decomposed granite dimensions into quick planning estimates before buying or requesting supplies. Use the accompanying calculators for project specific calculations of...
Build a simple worm composting bin while introducing children to soil health, decomposition, food systems, and environmental stewardship through hands-on learning. This family-friendly lesson from Worms at Work combines environmental science, observation, and sensory exploration in a playful,...
Growing Minds, the farm to school program within ASAP (Appalachian Sustainable Agriculture Project), is introducing an immersive curriculum designed around 10 crops grown in North Carolina. “I Tried Local…” A Toolkit for Engaging Kids with Local Food and Farms is designed for use in early care...
The School Garden Podcast is hosted by Mary Jo Greene and Anne Santana, School Garden Educators based in the Fort Worth area of North Texas. The intention of the podcast is to be an informal, conversational resource and support for all garden educators out there doing the work and delivering...
SAGE is a free, garden based, outdoor learning curriculum that emphasizes physical activity and fruit and vegetable consumption using the plant life cycle as a metaphor for the human body and is designed for 3-5 year old’s at Early Care and Education Centers. SAGE is adaptable and meets NAEYC...
This e-book is for educators, by educators. Are you new to teaching outdoors? Are you groovin’ along the path, but looking for ideas and inspiration? Maybe you want to fine-tune your advanced practice? Looking to enrich a homeschool program with backyard and garden exploration? Well, this is the...
Science skills are essential, and we believe nature education is for everyone — so we’ve created ready-to-go lessons and activities to help educators and parents facilitate exploration and learning. Explore the American Public Garden Association's Plant Heroes resources library of free lessons,...
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This innovative resource, created in partnership with City Blossoms, is informed by the work of their Youth Entrepreneurship Cooperative (YEC) program. It is complete with templates and tools to support anyone interested in connecting high school youth with gardens and entrepreneurship skill...
Developed by educators at Rooted, this is a short guide to getting started in the garden, for educators looking to begin gardening but overwhelmed by the amount of information out there! Plants Want to Grow includes a guide to climate zone maps, reading seed packets, and transplanting your...
School gardens are an integral part of farm to school programs and offer a multitude of educational opportunities. This fact sheet offers steps and considerations for starting a school garden, including: collaboration, goals and design, funding, planting, maintaining, supplies, curriculum and...