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School and Community Gardens
This page links to web sites giving advice and instructions on starting school and community gardens.
- The American Community Garden Association may be the best resource for information on community gardening.
- Texas A&M offers tons of information on creating school and community gardens, including logistics, benefits and lesson/activity ideas.
- This Ad page provides further information on school gardens. It includes more lesson plans and a link to 4-H Plant Pals Booklet.
- The Integrating Horticulture into the Elementary School Curriculum site has it all: information for teachers, activity sheets ready for printing, and tons of links.
- University of CA, San Diego Cooperative Extension offers tips on getting a school garden started, what to grow where, growing tips, and a few links to further info.
- University of Florida has some great step-by-step instructions for getting a school garden started and maintained.
- A Garden in Every School provides info on teaching nutrition and related topics through gardening.
- "Life Lab Science Program promotes environmental stewardship through a series of garden-based curriculum, programs, and information for grades K-5.
- A Guide to Planning, Designing, and Building and Outdoor Classroom from Oklahoma Cooperative Extension
- Virginia Tech's Human Issues in Horticulture includes a page specific to children's gardening, including information on why youth gardening is good and listing some resources.
- Urban Community Gardens provides information on getting started, troubleshooting, a sample activity-planning calendar, and funding sources.
- A guide to the square foot gardening method, A Square Yard in the School Yard, by Lila Ralston and Catherine Little gives full instructions for gardening in small areas, written for those with little to no experience.
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