Project planning resources to support your school garden team
Setting up your School Garden Committee
When: Tuesday, January 18, 2022
Support Material
- Workshop recording (YouTube)
- Workshop presentation (pdf)
- Planning worksheet (doc) – customize for your own use
- Feedback survey #1
- What are school gardens important?
- School food garden start-up guide, Region of Waterloo
- Kids Gardening: List of journal articles outlining the benefits of school gardens for children in terms of academic, environmental attitudes, social, and nutrition and health
- Farm to Cafeteria Canada: 5 Benefits of School Gardens
Designing your School Garden
When: Tuesday, February 15, 2022
Support Material
- Workshop recording (YouTube)
- Workshop presentation (pdf)
- Planning worksheet (doc) – customize for your own use
- Feedback survey #2
- Growth mindset posters: Fixed vs growth mindset and Under the surface
- Resources for garden planning:
- Starting a Schoolyard Market Garden
- School Year Gardens – A Toolkit to Grow Food from September to June
- School Garden Guide – Vancouver School Board
- TEGS Garden Design Plan
- How to start a school garden guide
- Whole Kids: School garden lesson plans
- KidsGardening: School garden planning
- Outdoor Learning Store: Episode 04 podcast: Gardening as an entry point to thinking big, with outdoor and garden educator Kaci Rae Christopher, author of The School Garden Curriculum
- Life Lab: School Garden Resources for Educators
- School Garden Project: Increasing Inclusion in the School Garden; there are more resources on their main site including lesson plans and school garden handbooks including a Gardens for Learning – Creating & Sustaining Your School Garden book
- Curriculum connections: In the Garden
Crop Planning
When: Tuesday, March 8, 2022
Support Material
- Workshop recording (YouTube)
- Workshop presentation (pdf)
- Feedback survey #3
- Food Literacy Feedback Survey
- Resources
Classroom Growing
When: Tuesday, April 5, 2022
Support Material
Building and Preparing the Garden
When: Tuesday, April 19, 2022
Support Material
Outdoor Planting and Planting in the Garden
When: Tuesday, May 17, 2022
Support Material
- Workshop recording (YouTube)
- Workshop presentation
- Feedback survey #6
- Resources
- School garden crop planning calendars and resources
- Fall Harvest Crop Cards
- Learning from the Land Toolkit – Plant Signage lesson
- Companion planting guide from West Coast Seeds
- Perennials for school gardens: KidsGardening: plants for gardens
- Life Lab – School Gardens, a website with lots of resources for educators
- Pollinator-themed garden: Bloom times, Pollinator Plant List and this Mason Bee Resource Guide
- How to connect the garden to the BC Curriculum? – Curriculum connections: In the Garden
- Outdoor Classroom Management Tips:
Summer Maintenance and Long-Term Sustainability
When: Tuesday, June 7, 2022
Support Material
Summer Garden Check-in 
When: July 12, 2022
Support Material
- Workshop recording
- Workshop presentation
- Recommendations
- Natural Insect, Weed, and Disease Control by Linda Gilkeson (Links to purchase from West Coast Seeds and Linda Gilkeson website)
- Beneficial insect ordering – The Bug Lady
- Send plant tissues to BC Government if you wonder what is happening to it
Summer Garden Check-in 
When: August 23, 2022
Support Material
- Workshop recording
- Workshop presentation
- Resources
Harvesting and Seed-Saving
When: September 20, 2022
Support Material
Winterizing Your Garden and Planning
When: October 18, 2022
Support Material
- Workshop recording (YouTube)
- Workshop presentation (pdf)
- Committee reflection worksheet (doc) – customize for your own use
- Feedback survey #9
- Resources
Additional School Garden Support Resources
- School Garden Crop Planning Guide
- Lesson Plan: Saving Garden Seeds
- School Garden Summer Maintenance Guide
- Connecting to the Curriculum: Elementary (Gr.K-7)
- Connecting to the Curriculum: Secondary (Gr.8-12)
