Program OverviewFrom January to October 2024, Farm to School BC offers a free mentorship program for K-12 educators and community organizations supporting existing school gardens or building a new school garden. This mentorship program provides valuable skills that support the development of a robust school garden community, hands-on student learning and a thriving garden ecosystem. This program includes a series of monthly after-school online workshops, each featuring a guest speaker who will share their expertise to mentor you through the season in your school garden. Along with the workshops, the program offers an online library of resources and online connections to other garden educators. Join the third year of the School Garden Mentorship program and be part of our growing community of garden educators across BC.
Join the SGM Listserv for Updates!We invite you to join our online school garden mentorship listserv. Receive important monthly email updates about the program and connect with other educators across BC to share resources and ideas.
Visit the Program LibraryWe have a collection of post-workshop resources, presentation slides, and session recordings for you to access in our Program Library. Everything your school garden team needs for a year of growing.
About the WorkshopsThis program includes monthly after-school online workshops on Tuesdays. The hour-long workshops start with a short introduction to the topic and an overview of resources facilitated by Farm to School BC staff who have a wealth of experience supporting and teaching in school gardens. Following the introduction, the focus of the workshop is a presentation by a different guest speaker each month, and a facilitated Q & A with the guest following their presentation. The workshops are targeted to discuss seasonal garden tasks and prepare participants for the month ahead in the garden (although the specific timing of garden tasks will vary depending on your growing climate). Each workshop is designed to build off previous workshops, however, participants are encouraged to read the workshop descriptions and sign up for as many sessions as they like. See full details below. What’s new this year?For those who attended last year, you will find the workshop themes are similar to previous years, however for the 2024 series, we are focusing on guest speakers and the unique knowledge and expertise they bring. Also, the longer Q&A time will provide the opportunity to tailor the discussion to the current needs of your school garden.
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