Educational Leadership & Policy
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Learning Gardens Laboratory Resources
Growing Gardens offers several programs to assist in the creation of gardens at home, at school and in the community. Their website contains a wealth of resources on School Gardens, including links with information on how to start and maintain a school garden as well as garden-based curriculum ideas. They also provide examples of local school garden projects and area farmprograms. Based in Portland, Oregon, Growing Gardens is trying to get at the root of hunger.
Cornell University, Garden-Based Learning: Resources for educators, volunteers, and parents working with children and youth
The Garden-Based Learning Program has developed activities and projects for garden-based education, along with information on how to evaluate your work. They also offer their philosophy behind garden-based education as well as links to other programs and resources. The Garden-Based Learning Program, based out of the Department of Horticulture at the University of Cornell, partners with faculty and staff, educators in county Cooperative Extension associations, and other agencies across the U.S. in order to develop these resources for educators, volunteers and parents working with children and youth.
The American Community Gardening Association has developed this step by step guide to starting a community garden. This helpful information provides the basic information needed to get a gardening project off the ground. It includes such things as forming a planning committee, choosing a site, developing the site, troubleshooting, management and additional resources.
Click here to see a report about the Learning Gardens Lab published by the Coalition for a Livable Future.
