This video was made by fourth grade students in Marca Babcock’s class at Parkview Elementary School, Bellingham,Washington. Over the summer they harvest food for their local food bank.
Gardens evolve. All gardens, school or otherwise, season to season, year to year, they grow, they change, and with the proper care, they prosper. The “Learning Garden” at Venice High School has been evolving and prospering for more than 15 years. Back in 1995 horticulture/landscape teacher Diane Pollock “inherited” a weed-ridden one acre property that […]
Nora Dvosin and Nancy Giffin began the Westminster Elementary School Garden (WE Garden) in Venice, CA in 2004/05. Amid a sea of asphalt they have doggedly carved themselves a thriving oasis. The WE garden has grown over the years tripling its original size and now includes a new kindergarten area complete with flowering pear trees […]
PITCHFORK. If you never been you should go. If you’ve been you’re probably returning. Mud Baron and his crew are again giving away 30,000 organic vegetable, herb and ornamental seedlings plus free compost and free potting soil. Saturday, 5/15, 8:30AM-1030AM Sylmar High School , 13050 Borden Ave., Sylmar 91342 (Garden entrance on Raven – Past […]
The Earth Day Network Organization worked with Cesar Chevez Elementary School in Hyattsville, Md. to construct the ultimate sustainable garden on the school grounds. The Ultimate School Garden from Nathasha Lim on Vimeo.
Woolly Pockets is sponsoring a program to bring gardens to schools. More information at woollyschoolgarden.org
By Lisa Gustavson, Getinthegarden.com Are you looking for an easy garden project to occupy your time while early sown seeds germinate and snows melt away? Seed tapes are the answer. They’re super-simple to make, use everyday items in your home and make sowing small seeds like lettuces and flowers a snap! Seed tapes are simply […]