In this groundbreaking resource, two school garden
pioneers offer parents, teachers, and school
administrators everything they need to know to build
school gardens and to develop the programs that support
them. Today both schools and parents have a unique
opportunity - and an increasing responsibility - to
cultivate an awareness of our finite resources, to
reinforce values of environmental stewardship, to help
students understand concepts of nutrition and health,
and to connect children to the natural world. What
better way to do this than by engaging young people,
their families, and teachers in the wondrous outdoor
classroom that is their very own school garden? It's all
here: developing the concept, planning, fund-raising,
organizing, designing the space, preparing the site,
working with parents and schools, teaching in the
garden, planting, harvesting, and even cooking, with
kid-friendly recipes and year-round activities.Packed
with strategies, to-do lists, sample letters, detailed
lesson plans, and tricks of the trade from decades of
experience developing school garden programs for grades
K-8, this hands-on approach will make school garden
projects accessible, inexpensive, and sustainable.
Reclaiming a piece of neglected play yard and
transforming it into an ecologically rich school garden
is among the most beneficial activities that parents,
teachers, and children can undertake together. The book
provides all the tools that the school community needs
to build a productive and engaging school garden that
will continue to inspire and nurture their students and
families for years to come. |
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