Resources for Starting A School Garden

We are so excited that you are interested in starting your School Garden! Here are some resources we've found helpful in the beginning stages. 

The Collective School Garden Network has an excellent overview on Linking Gardens to School Curriculum that can be downloaded as a pdf for your teachers and parents.

​The Edible Schoolyard  has been rocking the school garden world for decades. Check out this wonderful collection of tried and true garden lessons here.

Whether you're working to build a new school garden or support an existing one this School Garden Guide, produced by FoodCorps and Whole Kids Foundation, provides step-by-step instructions, loads of creative ideas and a list of resources.
    

How to Grow a School Garden- this is an excellent and comprehensive primer on how to have a successful school garden. This is the book we always recommend to parents and teachers who ask us where to start. Rachel and Arden both have lots of hands-on experience in this field!

Lifelab is one of our all time favorite sources for garden curricula, program development support and professional development. Their website is a wealth of information and their lessons are well thought out and designed for the garden setting.

RIPE FOR CHANGE, Garden-based Learning in Schools. - Big-picture view of the school garden movement and the state of garden-based learning in K-8 education. Provides a wealth of practical case studies and resources to show how garden-based learning is being systematically implemented in public education, and offers further steps for expanding the use of gardens into the curriculum. 

 ​The Growing Classroom curriculum which is now aligned with NGSS is a must have for your garden program.