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How to Grow a School Garden: A Complete Guide for Parents and Teachers

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This is a great resource that takes you step by step through the creation of a garden, from red tape to fundraising to actually planting. It also emphasizes how to build community, parent, teacher, and student support and buy-in. It was fun and easy to read. Loved it!

I am no longer a parent of school aged kids but I loved this book. It is filled with great advice about tackling any project that involves cooperation. I was also inspired by the general gardening information. It is well-written with a great sense of humor and it covers broad ranging topics like the importance of teaching ecology to little details like how to write a grant. There is also an extensive resource list in the back which has links to a number of interesting

sites. I so enjoyed reading this - it was a "page turner". Hilarious stories and just an engaging view on the importance of the natural world. If you like gardening, kids or are interested in an important educational movement, this is a must read.

This is a good book for kids and teachers. Our Master Gardeners group has donated this book, along with a few more to our local elementary school.

Given that everything is political, this book is a simple step by step how to negotiate implementing a school garden or outdoor curriculum with the support of your principle, teachers and the local school community. While, at the same time, supporting through simple step by step exercises, your particular school garden vision (mission statement). It is an amazing book written by someone with hands on knowledge and expertise in creating school gardens. This is an essential book for any person(s) that would like to put together a flourishing school garden or outdoor curriculum.

I am so impressed with the depth and breadth of the coverage of this subject. No need to open another book, this one has it all. I think it's exhaustive, well written and not too dry with personal anecdotal stuff. Its got the nuts and bolts, and lots of photos and drawings. What more could one need? And in case you dont already know why this subject is important, just read the book. You'll be a convert to the cause.

This is a fantastic and easy to read book, full of tips for long-range planning.

The thing that impressed me is how mindful the authors are of creating this garden over time, and keeping it going even though classes change.

Obviously the authors have plenty of experience.

If you are thinking of starting a school garden, this is a necessary guide. You might even buy copies for principals, community members, teachers, and gardening specialists.

Don't we live in a splendid age? Thank you, Alice Waters.

This book helps you get started on a school garden and walks you through the many steps (designing, fundraising, contacting community, etc.) it takes to actually see green. Teachers will love it because the authors have included detailed lesson plans. The authors really know what they're doing. Bonus -- it's a fun read.

How to Grow a School Garden: A Complete Guide for Parents and Teachers offers all the instruction necessary to plan for and maintain a school garden. From gaining support from teachers and administration to managing volunteers through different semesters, this tells how to reclaim a piece of schoolyard to turn it into a garden project for students and teachers to work on together. A fine pick for any educator's school project collection.

I found this book, from beginning to end, easily accessible. I literally could not put it down and didn't, until I finished. Then I went back and tagged topics I wanted to refer back to. Of those, chapter 5 - 6 - 7 - 8 & 9! Everything! I loved

Kindergarten Scope and Sequence, Connecting the garden to the curriculum, the section on journaling, managing the outdoor classroom, the weekly schedule, all the wonderful activity ideas. In fact, flipping through the book again right now to review what I marked, makes me want to re-read it again. Since reading this book, my time in the garden with our students has been more productive, organized and fun!

This is a beautifully laid out, comprehensive guide to creating a school garden regardless of whether the starting point is a suburban school flush with funds or a struggling inner-city school. It provides innovative step-by-step approaches to transforming an idea into a functioning outdoor classroom. From pitching the idea to administrators, to securing funding and materials, to involving the school community, the authors offer up a variety of strategies to establish and maintain a constantly evolving outdoor learning space. But the authors don't stop there. They also provide wonderful season-specific examples of lesson plans for a garden curriculum and kid-tested recipes for the harvest. This book is a must-have those thinking about starting a school garden and a useful tool to those with already established spaces.