Teaching & Learning in Your Garden
Creating a garden is the first step towards the ultimate goal -- teaching students and helping them learn through the unique activities of building and maintaining a school garden. Below are ideas on how to you can incorporate school gardening into your lesson plans and students' learning experiences. For additional inspiration, visit the School Garden Success Stories on this site.
These in-classroom programs can help you adapt learning in the garden to your curriculum.
Links to extra-curricular programs and field trips that might benefit your students.
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In April 2010, GrowNYC helped to plant a 3,000 square foot “Learning Garden” on Randall’s Island where children can grow and harvest vegetables and take cooking classes. A great field trip destination, where students whose schools that may not yet have a garden can get their hands dirty while learning and taking part in the natural world. Click here for more of Randall Island's gardens story and photos >