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My favorite resource is KidsGardening but since it has been mentioned several times I will add How to Draw Plants by JohnMuirLaws.com

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My favorite resource is KidsGardening but since it has been mentioned several times I will add How to Draw Plants by JohnMuirLaws.com

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This video series, created with the California Native Plant Society will teach you some basic techniques to help you quickly and accurately draw plants, either for field sketching or careful botanical illustrations. These videos make use of paper models which you can cut out and manipulate to teach yourself the fundamentals of foreshortening leaves and flowers. Following along with your own model is much more helpful than simply watching the videos alone.

How to draw plants: Introduction

How to draw plants: Symmetry

How to draw plants: Conclusion

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This video series, created with the California Native Plant Society will teach you some basic techniques to help you quickly and accurately draw plants, either for field sketching or careful botanical illustrations. These videos make use of paper models which you can cut out and manipulate to teach yourself the fundamentals of foreshortening leaves and flowers.

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Teaching Resources - Florida Agriculture in the Classroom 🍊

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Your purchase of Florida's "Ag Tag" license plate benefits the Florida Agriculture in the Classroom Program.

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https://community.kidsgardening.org/home

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Join a growing community of educators, families, and volunteers bringing the joys of gardening to kids.

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This site provides actual lessons based on grade level. Makes lesson planning easier.

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These lessons use gardens to teach a wide range of topics from grades K-8.

These garden-based lessons are all aligned to the educational standards for the State of Georgia. They are listed by grade level, and in grades K-5 are further subdivided into earth science, life science, and physical science topics. Grade 6 lessons are aligned with the earth science topics required at that level, grade 7 has life science lessons, and grade 8 has physical science lessons.

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These garden-based lessons are all aligned to the educational standards for the State of Georgia. They are listed by grade level, and in grades K-5 are further subdivided into earth science, life science, and physical science topics.

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I serve with FoodCorps so use their resources most often. LifeLab and KidsGardening are two more great ones that I was introduced to through FoodCorps!

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Maine School Garden Network is an organization that not only links organizations in Maine, such as Maine Ag in the Classroom and ReTreeUs, but also provides connections to national organizations such as Kidsgardening.org and Project Learning Tree. I dig for resources from many sources.

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Promoting and Supporting Educational Gardens for Youth

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kidsgardening.org is my favorite website and most used resource for garden and farm to school curriculum/lessons with my students!!

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We create opportunities for kids to learn and grow through gardening, engaging their natural curiosity and wonder. Helping young minds grow!

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I love using these resources for finding lessons, information and videos! I love the sharing of information and available resources!

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I use my county's Get2Green website as a starting point for information

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Learning doesn't only take place in the classroom - and where better to learn about environmental topics than in nature? Outdoor learning also has tremendous benefits for students, including boosted academic achievement, improved problem solving and critical thinking skills, and reduced stress levels.

Outdoor learning is taking place in (or outside of) most FCPS schools. Over 80 schools have a wildlife habitat on their grounds, and over 75 have an edible garden. FCPS students are working in schoolyard wildlife habitats, growing food in edible gardens, and writing in their outdoor classrooms. The resources here can help you take learning outside.

You can find additional resources in the Outdoor Learning Resource Folder.

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Learning doesn't only take place in the classroom - and where better to learn about environmental topics than in nature? Outdoor learning also has tremendous benefits for students, including boosted academic achievement, improved problem solving and critical thinking skills, and reduced stress levels. Outdoor learning is taking place in (or outside of) most FCPS schools.

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This is a great nature based curriculum for children ages 3-6 years old. There are some fun Garden theme lessons included.

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Educator Resources

Where to Purchase Materials

Early Childhood Organizations

Alliance for Childhood
American Council on Education
American Federation of Teachers
Center for the Social and Emotional Foundations for Early Learners
Children's Institute
Council for Exceptional Children - Division of Early Childhood
Early Childhood and Parenting Collaborative
Institute for Educational Leadership
International Play Association
McCormick Center for Early Childhood Leadership
National Association of Early Childhood Specialists in State Departments of Education
National Association of Early Childhood Teacher Educators
National Association for the Education of Young Children
National Center for EarlyDevelopment & Learning
National Center for Research onEarly Childhood Education
National Head Start Association
National Institute for EarlyEducation Research
North American Association forEnvironmental Education
PBS Kids Sprout
Southern Early ChildhoodAssociation
U.S. Department of Education
U.S. Department of Health andHuman Services
Zero To Three

Federal Agencies

National Marine Fisheries Service
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
National Park Service
Natural Resources Conservation Service
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
U.S. Bureau of Land Management
U.S. Department of Agriculture
USDA Extension
USDA Forest Service
U.S. Department of Energy
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
U.S. Geological Survey

Organizations and Programs

Air and Waste ManagementAssociation
American Association of Museums
American Bird Conservancy
American Cetacean Society
American Fisheries Society
American Forests
American Forest Foundation
American Horticultural Society
American Public Gardens Association
American Sportfishing Association
American Water Works Association
Association of Children's Museums
Association of Fish and WildlifeAgencies
Association of Nature CenterAdministrators
Association of Science-TechnologyCenters
Association of Zoos and Aquariums
Bear Trust International
Bird Conservancy of the Rockies
Bird IQ
Boreal Songbird Initiative
Boy Scouts of America
Cetacean Society International
Child Care Aware of America
The Conservation Foundation
The Conservation Fund
Conservation International
Cornell Lab of Ornithology
Cousteau Society
Ducks Unlimited
Earth Force
Environmental Concern, Inc.
EnviroScape®
Flying WILD
Forest History Society
Forest Resources Association, Inc.
Girl Scouts of the USA
Give Water A Hand
Groundwater Foundation
International Migratory Bird Day
International Whaling Commission
Izaak Walton League of America
Keep America Beautiful
Manomet Center for ConservationSciences
Monterey Bay Aquarium
National Arbor Day Foundation
National Association of ConservationDistricts
National Association forInterpretation
National Audubon Society
National Environmental EducationFoundation
National Fish & Wildlife Foundation
National Geographic Society
National Gardening Association
National Wildlife Federation
National Wild Turkey Federation
North American Association forEnvironmental Education
The Ocean Conservancy
Operation Migration
Project Learning Tree
Project WET
Project WILD
Provincetown Center for CoastalStudies
Rainforest Alliance
Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation
Roots and Shoots
Sierra Club
Smithsonian Migratory Bird Center
Society of American Foresters
Soil and Water Conservation Society
The Nature Conservancy
The Wilderness Society
The Wildlife Society
Water Environment Federation
Wildlife Conservation Society
Wildlife Management Institute
World Forestry Center
World Resources Institute
World Wildlife Fund
Worldwatch Institute

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Resources :: Association of Fish & Wildlife Agencies

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Where to Purchase Materials Early Childhood Organizations Alliance for ChildhoodAmerican Council on EducationAmerican Federation of TeachersCenter for the Social and Emotional Foundations for Early LearnersChildren's InstituteCouncil for Exceptional Children - Division of Early ChildhoodEarly Childhood and Parenting CollaborativeInstitute for Educational LeadershipInternational Play AssociationMcCormick Center for Early Childhood LeadershipNational Association of Early Childhood Specialists in State Departments of EducationNational Association of Early Childhood Teacher EducatorsNational Association for the Education of Young ChildrenNational Center for EarlyDevelopment & LearningNational Center for Research onEarly Childhood EducationNational Head Start AssociationNational Institute for EarlyEducation ResearchNorth American Association forEnvironmental EducationPBS Kids SproutSouthern Early ChildhoodAssociationU.S.

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https://foodcorps.org/lesson-plans/

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The FoodCorps Lesson Progression poster is a roadmap for making the most of FoodCorps lessons. It shows how these lessons relate to and build upon one another to support students in developing increasingly sophisticated knowledge of and skills in the six themes listed below:

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School gardens programs not only promote healthy lifestyles in children, but have also been shown to improve children's behavior and performance at school and improve their attitudes about and appreciation for the environment. Gardens serve as great outdoor classrooms for any number of subjects, including science and ecology, math, creative writing and art.

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I really like the projects in the Dig Art portion of this site because they connect art and nature. They are based on traditional crafts and nature and culture.  This is particularly perfect for my class which incorporates visual art and gardening.  I would imagine that the projects would be good for garden teachers who want to expand what they do beyond gardening and maybe need more indoor projects for the winter. The site also has a bunch of other garden curriculum resources as well as Gardening information/troubleshooting and interesting publications.
-Paula Z. , Washington Yu Ying PCS

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Questions about Cornell Garden-Based Learning Program?

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The Washington Youth Garden is my favorite local Gardening community. The small group of staff that works there are so helpful and down to earth (literally). There are a lot of resources on their site some were created for distance learning like their Virtual Field Trips of different kinds of gardens, bees, compost, etc. The videos aren't super high quality(you can hear all the background noise) but they are very approachable and led by a diverse group of presenters. There is also good general information about planting and seed resources. They also do in-person field trips if you are in the DC area.
-Paula Z. , Washington Yu Ying PCS

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Distance Learning Resources — Washington Youth Garden

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I like Food Prints as a resource.  The site is well organized so it is easy to find what you need by topic or grade level.  I also often use their videos to support my own lessons.  They are local for me ( I know some of the presenters) so it's very easy to connect, I like that the presenters are a diverse and explain things clearly. The videos also are great if you are looking for sub plans for a sub that doesn't have a lot of gardening  background.
-Paula Z., Washington Yu Ying PCS

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FoodPrints Curriculum Lessons – FRESHFARM

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I am quite new to school garden based education.  The availability of all these useful and practical resources are incredibly helping me to get orientated from the beginning of my career.  Thank you for your generosity for sharing and inspiring.

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I am quite new to school garden based education.  The availability of all these useful and practical resources are incredibly helping me to get orientated from the beginning of my career.  Thank you for your generosity for sharing and inspiring.

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I like Kids Gardening Community. I found it when I started this training. There are so many great ideas that have already been tried out with children and shown to be effective.

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I like Kids Gardening Community. I found it when I started this training. There are so many great ideas that have already been tried out with children and shown to be effective.

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They will send you a starting kit full of a variety of seeds. A good starting point to start a school garden.

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The Free Seed Project

With the Free Seed Project, we provide seeds to community stewards as an alternative to the global, industrial food system, and to encourage people to make a deeper connection with Earth. Since we began in 2018, we have sent 30,000 free seed packs to individuals and organizations in all 50 US states!

These seeds are are fueling community building, selfless giving, and healthy eating.

Participants in The Free Seed Project receive a garden starter kit that includes:

a variety of hearty veggies

tasty herbs and healing greens to nourish the body and mind

a mix of beautiful and fragrant flowers for our bee, butterfly and pollinator friends (and our enjoyment too)!

our seed saving guide where you can learn how to turn this pack into more seeds and food year after year by growing and saving your own seeds!

We send enough seeds to start a garden that will fill each person's life with health and happiness and contribute to regenerating our Earth. That's quite the garden, all from one envelope in the mail!

The mission of the Free Seed Project is to increase access to organic gardening and healthy food for as many people as we can. We prioritize providing seeds to people who:

would not otherwise be able to afford or access quality seeds

grow food to share with others who have low access to healthy food

first time gardeners

Want seeds but don't qualify for our free seed packs?

You can make a donation to receive a pack here. Your donation provides funding for us to gift packs to at least 15 people and organizations!
Learn what is in the 2022 Free Seed Project pack. Visit our FAQ page for more specific information.
(Seed packs are available for United States addresses only due to the high cost of shipping internationally and regulations around shipping seeds internationally.)
We are so enthused by the excitement and participation of this project! You can sign up for our waiting list below if you qualify for free seeds. If you sign up, you will be registered in our database to be notified of our next mailing; most likely spring 2023. Those of you who live in warm zones with fall planting may receive some then.
To stay up to date on when we will offer seed packs in the future and to get involved with our current programming; follow us on Facebook and Instagram @Live_Like_Ally, where we will be sharing lots of great content and resources!
Read our Free Seed Project Gardening Guide.
You can still help increase community access to fresh foods, sustainable systems, and build resiliency through our other programming. Visit our webpage to find out more about Community Fruit Trees, Community Compost, and Free Seed Library!

Help the Free Seed Project and Get Involved

Like the Live Like Ally Facebook page and follow them on Instagram @Live_Like_Ally Follow the stories of new gardeners, get tips on how to grow food, and be the first to know when we have opportunities for free seeds and fruit trees!

Send us photos! Share your story with before and after photos of the garden you've created to growfood@robgreenfield.org

Share food with your community. Let's create a culture of sharing our own home-grown food with each other. Stand up against the big food corporations by creating a strong community of people who can produce our own food!

Save some seed. If you let one or two of each plant go to seed, then you can turn one seed we supplied you into thousands! Save your seeds and you can increase the size of your garden each year, without spending any extra money or resources. Share your extra seeds with people in your community!

Teach someone. We are focused on helping beginner gardeners but if you're an experienced gardener we'd love your help! Maybe you have a neighbor or friend who'd benefit from growing their own healthy vegetables...share the seeds with them, and help them get growing! And please subscribe to our Facebook Group to help us answer questions from novice gardeners.

Why We're Doing This

The US American food system is largely broken. Less than one hundred years ago, we knew where our food was coming from and we could recognize what we were putting on our tables. Today we are eating more "food-like-substances" than actual food and the majority of our food is controlled by a handful of mega-corporations. The average meal in the USA travels 1,500 miles from farm to fork and has a huge fossil fuel footprint. Food deserts exist all across the nation where there is no access to healthy food. Nearly fifty-million US Americans are food insecure, including tens of millions of children and elders. Even most organic food at the big supermarkets comes from Big Organic corporations, which uses an incredible amount of fossil fuels and is held to a low standard compared to true organic.

All you need is a handful of seeds, some soil and water, and you can feed yourself AND your community, year after year. As Ron Finley says, "Growing your own food is like printing your own money."

The Free Seed Project is brought to you by Rob Greenfield and Live Like Ally Foundation.
To learn more about their partnership click here.

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Grow your own healthy, organic food! With the Free Seed Project, we provide seeds to community stewards as an alternative to the global, industrial food system, and to encourage people to make a deeper connection with Earth.

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https://kidsgardening.org/ece-resources/

Majority of the free garden-based education resources I have found are geared towards schools.  I am a director at a child care center so I am still doing research on resources for ECE.
Erin L.

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The Scotts Miracle-Gro Foundation, National Head Start Association and KidsGardening have joined together to combat some of the most pressing challenges facing today's youngest generation, improving access to healthy food and increasing time spent outdoors connected to nature. The three-year partnership will work to bring the powerful, life-enhancing benefits of gardens to one million at-risk Head Start children and families across the country each year through the development of edible gardens and hands-on garden education.

Gardens are an amazing resource in early childhood education classrooms. They offer hands-on learning experiences and provide the chance for inquiry-based exploration while also inspiring children's natural curiosity and wonder. Garden activities can readily be integrated into the curriculum and designed to support the cognitive, physical, social and development of young children. Additionally, they provide ample opportunities to engage families and community members. Some noted benefits of garden-based education programs include:

Build an understanding of and respect for nature and the environment

Motivate kids to eat and love fruits and vegetables

Provide opportunities for hands-on learning, inquiry, observation and experimentation

Promote physical activity and quality outdoor experiences

Teach kids to nurture and care for other living things while developing patience

Offer opportunities for positive social interactions and team building experiences with students, families and community members

Gro More Good Webinar Series

Join us for a year-long webinar series to discover the many ways gardening activities can be used to promote the health and wellness of young children and their families.

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Early Childhood Education Resources - KidsGardening

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https://kidsgardening.org/

We use Kids Gardening Community it has some great resources and a wonderful forum for people to share ideas, suggestion and advice

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KidsGardening supports the educators and caregivers bringing the life-changing benefits of gardening to kids.

We support educators and families with grant funding, original educational resources, inspiration, and community to get more kids learning through the garden.

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We use many of the Ag in the Classroom lessons with our students in the garden.  I believe many states also have state-specific Ag in the Classroom curriculums and resources.
Shannon Goodwin, Wittenbach Wege Center, Lowell, MI

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Debra Spielmaker, Administrator and Yasuko Mitsuoka Grow, Designer

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The National Agriculture in the Classroom website provides K-12 educators with engaging resources to increase agricultural literacy among their students.

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This resources includes, books for the children, recipes, as well as how to go about teaching things in the garden. 

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Tips for Gardening with Students - Growing Minds

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https://www.kacee.org/

Not everything is free on this one but I’ve had great experiences with what they offer.
Project Learning Tree
Project WET
Project WILD
Project WILD AQUATIC

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63 interdisciplinary lessons that align food education and academic content

The FoodPrints curriculum is designed to be taught throughout the school year across grades from Pre-Kindergarten through 5th grade. Lessons are free and sequenced according to seasonal topics and adaptable for a range of uses from embedded programming, to supplementing classroom education, to garden-based learning.

Check out our new curriculum video series!
Fun, high energy instructional videos for teachers and students

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The FoodPrints interdisciplinary, standards-based, elementary food and garden education curriculum integrates our "Grow, Cook, Eat, Learn" model in 63 Pre-K through 5th grade hands-on lessons aligned to academic content and standards. Search this section for lessons by theme, grade level, or standards alignment.

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The Providence Public School District distributes a request form to parents and guardians annually that, once signed, permits students to attend walking field trips to outdoor classrooms located nearby.

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Schools Archives - Children and Nature Network

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The Providence Public School District distributes a request form to parents and guardians annually that, once signed, permits students to attend walking field trips to outdoor classrooms located nearby.

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https://community.kidsgardening.org/home

I joined the Kids Gardening Community mailing list. The group email is chocked full of resources from around the U.S.. Very interesting discussions.

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Join a growing community of educators, families, and volunteers bringing the joys of gardening to kids.

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I first learned about Life Lab in my School Garden Coordinator Class.  It has so many helpful resources for a school garden.  It is definitely my go to when it comes to needing an idea for a lesson or even ideas with fundraising or even garden design.
April Booker

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Garden Education

Curriculum & Online Lessons
Academic Content Standards in Garden-Based Learning
Educator Workshops, Consulting and Networking
Webinars Presented by Life Lab
Outdoor Classroom Management Tips
Life Lab's YouTube Video Channel - over 100 videos demonstrating garden instruction, activity and Life Lab history.
The Value of Garden-Based Learning
Education Outside's School Garden Program Resources - An Incredible Collection of Resources to Run a School Garden Program

Creating and Sustaining School Gardens

Starting a School Garden
Gardening How To's and Design Resources
Garden Management
Life Lab's Photo Gallery of School Garden Elements
Funding Your Garden Program
The Ultimate Guide to School Composting
Life Lab's Sustaining School Gardens Articles
Education Outside's School Garden Program Resources - An Incredible Collection of Resources to Run a School Garden Program
The National School Garden Support Organization Network - for those supporting multiple school gardens

Garden-Enhanced Nutrition Education

Garden-Enhanced Nutrition Education Resources (GENE) - an extensive list of resources used in our Plant It, Grow It, Eat It and California School Garden Training Program. Link to resources at CSGN.org created by Life Lab our CA Garden Training Partners.
Garden to Cafeteria - Sample policy and resources to support eating your school garden harvest
Edible Schoolyard Project Resources Searchable resource and lesson database
E dible Schoolyard's Program Lessons and Pedagogy

Spanish Language Resources
Garden-Based Learning Resources in Spanish
Curriculum & Online Lessons

Created by Life Lab

Other great sites to find lessons

Garden-Based Learning Literature Lists

School Garden Workshops, Consulting, Webinars and Networking

Life Lab Educator Workshops page lists all the workshops we provide
Life Lab offers consulting for your school garden team at your site or at our Garden Classroom
Webinars presented by Life Lab
National Network of School Garden Support Organizations - join an online forum of school garden support organizations and view many webinars

Starting a School Garden

Life Lab's Resources

Creating and Sustaining Your School Garden Resources

A nice site with a some good ideas of theme gardens and much more. Greenheart Education

Gardening How To's

Developed by Life Lab and partners, The Creating and Sustaining Your School Garden pages are the place to find school garden skills support resources. Find extensive resources on the following

Planning Your School Garden Program

Designing Your School Garden

Choosing Plants and Planting Times

Soils and Bed Prep

Seeding and Transplanting

Keep It Growing Water, Weeds and Pest Control

...and more

Garden Management Tips

Sustaining Your School Garden - Article from The Garden Times, Spring 2002

Summer Vacation for Your Garden - Article from the Garden Times, Spring 2003
Running Effective Garden Workdays
Check our blog posts on Garden Tips and Resource

Funding Your Garden Program
School Garden Grant Searching Resources
View our article on Funding Garden Coordinators.

View the following webinars

View the School Garden Support Organization Network Best Practices Document on Models for Financial and Program Sustainability

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I see this is already posted but it's worth knowing others endorse it too. They have a free newsletter as well as many age specific plans. Cyndi Rapenske

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KidsGardening supports the educators and caregivers bringing the life-changing benefits of gardening to kids.

We support educators and families with grant funding, original educational resources, inspiration, and community to get more kids learning through the garden.

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I use kids gardening lessons as a go to resource.  Great ideas.

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This is material in Spanish that comes from the Montessori school and the importance of the connection of children with nature. Good resource to start a garden at home or at school with children. Regina

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Kids Gardening.org

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I have spent many hours on this site. It has grade level lesson plans and many ideas to use at your school.
Theresa H.

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KidsGardening supports the educators and caregivers bringing the life-changing benefits of gardening to kids.

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The FoodCorps Lessons, for children in grades K-5, include hands-on experiential activities to engage kids in learning about healthy food.
-Erica, erica@rootedwi.org

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The FoodCorps Lessons include hands-on experiential activities to engage kids in learning about healthy food. This suite of 96 lessons are for grades K-5, and are organized through this learning progression by grade, season and theme. The lessons are tied to national academic standards and were developed following Culturally Responsive Teaching, Place Based Learning and Social and Emotional Learning best practices and frameworks. Each lesson was developed with input from FoodCorps service members, community partners and resource specialists, and have been evaluated and updated to reflect recommendations from our community of food educators. This suite of lessons is intended to guide food and garden educators to spark inquiry and love for healthy food and should be adapted to reflect the needs, identity and culture of the community in which they are taught.

The lessons are evidence based and have been developed guided by the FoodCorps Healthy School Progress Report Practices found in the Healthy School Toolkit.

FoodCorps Lesson Progression

This FoodCorps Lesson Progression poster is a roadmap to illuminate the theory behind the sequencing of the ninety-six FoodCorps lessons. It shows how these lessons relate to and build upon one another to support students in developing increasingly sophisticated knowledge of and skills in the six themes listed below.

The lessons are organized by the following 6 themes to provide a framework to identify the central topic for each lesson.

Conceptual Themes to build student knowledge:

Skills-focused themes to develop student skills in gardening, cooking, and accessing healthy foods:

View the FoodCorps Lesson Progression Poster here.

Videos of FoodCorps Lessons

Service members have recorded over 100 video lessons to support students with remote learning about healthy food and gardening. Many of these lessons include activities from FoodCorps Lessons. You can view them here!

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