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Students are involved in all the processes

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Students are involved in all the processes

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Hearing how much student involvement led to success in the garden

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Hearing how much student involvement led to success in the garden

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Garden committee members who want to brainstorm more ways to be involved!

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Garden committee members who want to brainstorm more ways to be involved!

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I loved hearing about the garden newsletter!- I wonder who has access to the newsletter?

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I loved hearing about the garden newsletter!- I wonder who has access to the newsletter?

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Multiple parties being involved, invested and active in the decision making.

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Multiple parties being involved, invested and active in the decision making.

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Giving students an opportunity to participate and be hands on with the garden with all aspects such as planting, weeding, and harvesting.

-J. Truong

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Ways to tie the garden into science, nutrition, the newsletter....lots of diverse insprination

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Dreaming, creating ideas, and manifesting as schools and communities gather again

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I'd love a copy of the list of native plants for year-round flowering!

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Many of our gardens are in the initial stages of growth....and we can learn from each other

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I found the various range of experiences and goals/projects connected with this course quite interesting.

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It seems that successful projects had a specific goal or project in mind: e.g., installing a pollinator garden; identifying a way to compost on-site; having students prepare and tend to garden, etc.

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Successful projects are done in collaboration (not one individual working alone); garden-based learning is a reflective process--many people reflected on their projects and adapted along the way, or have plans to do so next year.

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Installing a pollinator garden; plant sale fundraiser

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I find it inspiring to see so many people in different roles dedicating their time and passion to garden-based education.

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The dedication of an individual or a group of individuals to the gardens; supporting organizations; grant money; student engagement.

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The dedication of an individual or a group of individuals to the gardens; supporting organizations; grant money; student engagement.

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Passion of educators and volunteers; many gardens are in their initial stage of growth; a number of gardens are being resuscitated.

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What are your plans going forward for continued growth?

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Incorporating more culinary experiences with the garden. Due to COVID, I have held off on this. Helping teachers to see the curriculum connections to the garden and the power of the space for learning.

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I love the idea of the entire school coming together on a designated day to prepare the area around the school for beds, planting and spreading mulch, etc. what a community builder!

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Gardening makes people happy! Successful gardens happen when people work and learn together.

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Many working together, partnerships

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Commitment of adults and youth/participants; starting small and adding on

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Adding a pollinator garden after not seeing insects in the vegetable garden. And getting a grant for this. Seeking out ways to give children the full experience of being in and using a garden for food, beauty and science

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Adding a pollinator garden after not seeing insects in the vegetable garden. And getting a grant for this. Seeking out ways to give children the full experience of being in and using a garden for food, beauty and science

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Beginning with one idea which was not necessarily a garden, such as Harvest of the Month from the state Montana), highlighting the state's produce and going on to develop this program with a group of children into school lunches and lessons relating to food and the garden

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Beginning with one idea which was not necessarily a garden, such as Harvest of the Month from the state Montana), highlighting the state's produce and going on to develop this program with a group of children into school lunches and lessons relating to food and the garden

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I was interested to hear how the plant sale developed among the children. How were the plants grown for the sale? How long did this take and were different tasks assigned?

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I was interested to hear how the plant sale developed among the children. How were the plants grown for the sale? How long did this take and were different tasks assigned?

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I loved hearing about the composting of students taking food they just ate at snack time and placing the banana peel into compost bin.  I want to get my preschool students involved in something like this and start their love of gardening young.

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I loved hearing about the composting of students taking food they just ate at snack time and placing the banana peel into compost bin.  I want to get my preschool students involved in something like this and start their love of gardening young.

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The vast number of teachers involved in garden education in all levels of schooling (elementary, middle, and high school) all over the country. 

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The vast number of teachers involved in garden education in all levels of schooling (elementary, middle, and high school) all over the country. 

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Collaboration with others gets the job done. Including teachers, students an community members with different backgrounds.      

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Collaboration with others gets the job done. Including teachers, students an community members with different backgrounds.      

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The vast number of grade levels and content areas is inspiring for a broaden reach and community outdoor classroom for a school.

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Lots of working with community partners or other staff in a building (can't do stuff alone). Also when things fail, kind of seeing that as part of the process. Then problem solve it and grow with the help of students.

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Just pure community. Its a place where people and nature just connect

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I am impressed by the pairing of one entity with another, such as a garden connecting to a culinary arts class.  Involving more people and spreading the positive products of that exchange, be it knowledge or a grown crop, is wonderful to hear about.

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I am impressed by the pairing of one entity with another, such as a garden connecting to a culinary arts class.  Involving more people and spreading the positive products of that exchange, be it knowledge or a grown crop, is wonderful to hear about.

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I enjoyed hearing about how the pollinator garden came about because of a noticed lack of insect diversity in their garden. Sometimes we need to take a closer look at our gardens and see what is missing. What an amazing way to bring great diversity to your garden!

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It was nice to hear one of the videos mention that because their garden was close to the Kindergarten rooms, it was widely used by their kinder classes. It really is helpful to have the garden spaces close to the students who are going to use it.

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I enjoyed hearing everyone discuss their projects/gardens - their passion for what they are doing is impressive! The hard work and dedication is truly inspiring!

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I listened to Laurie W. describe her amazing garden progress and I was interested in finding out how her school organized and implemented their volunteer days with the students? That was a lot of volunteers and I'd love to see how they broke down the job responsibilities, etc. Great work!

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"Using what we already have. "  This resonated with me.  It can be so easy to get hung up on what, Better Homes and Gardens, sets as an example.  The children do not need all are consumer-driven garden gadgets and aesthetics to experience a sense of wonder and learn.  -Lyndsay B.

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"Using what we already have. "  This resonated with me.  It can be so easy to get hung up on what, Better Homes and Gardens, sets as an example.  The children do not need all are consumer-driven garden gadgets and aesthetics to experience a sense of wonder and learn.  -Lyndsay B.

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I find it exciting that so many people see the value in garden based learning. Children and adults alike learn so much through helping things grow, and once they do it, it sparks new ideas for what to tackle next.

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I was really excited about the idea of painted rocks. They could be used as a great re-useable tool for something like a scavenger hunt, a texture walk, a mapping project, or just to inspire observations.

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Students generated ideas for raising money to keep their sustainability project going--authentic real world problem solving.

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It is great hear about how others have come to were that are in their roles. Just hearing the inspiring stories has given me a new outlook on our classroom garden.

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It only takes one great idea to get the ball rolling. Start small, add on.

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Passion helps seeds grow. Family background and the joy it has sparked and the need to pass that joy on to others.

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How do you get people to get involved in, I'm have had a hard time getting families to help out. I know do to Covid we were not able to have parent on our site, now I am trying to rebuild to include our families.

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I have found that asking for help, has helped me out.

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The variety of projects planned and implemented for a variety of ages PreK-Adults presented by the wide variety of enthusiastic outdoor classroom promoters has inspired me to continue my efforts to connect the adults and kids in my community to the joys of learning through gardening.

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Successes sprung from attempting to solve a problem such as connecting kids to the outdoors, improving nutritional habits or creating an environment to attract butterflies.
Involving a variety of community stakeholders and establishing partnerships with others stand out as a recipe for success.

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1. Passion for connecting others to the joys of gardening.
2. Trying new things and learning from successes and things that didn't turn out as expected.
3. The value of reaching out to other people and organizations to help achieve goals.
4. The feeling of pride in accomplishments.

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I would be interested in seeing the lessons created by Kimberley's (Helena MT) Harvest of the Month program.

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The Harvest of the Month Program.
The container gardening program.
The butterfly garden.
Art projects inspired by the garden.

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So inspiring to see/ read about like-minded educators from so many different places sharing their stories of connecting students to nature.

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So inspiring to see/ read about like-minded educators from so many different places sharing their stories of connecting students to nature.

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I think three things resonated with me: start small and build up, student-led promotes engagement, and connecting with community partners can keep the ball rolling.

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I think three things resonated with me: start small and build up, student-led promotes engagement, and connecting with community partners can keep the ball rolling.

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How engaged children are when they are involved in the gardens!

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Although I often heard that there was not a program, teachers went ahead with their projects and despite mistakes, successes abounded with engagement.

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I love the diversity in responses and the variety of success - both big and small!