Growing food gardens with students in schools is dreamy wonderful to teachers but overwhelmingly intimidating to even imagine starting!

If you're an elementary teacher who's been wanting to do this but haven't, you know what I'm talking about! ;)

Went live last week almost...

We live in a cold climate but our summers are crazy hot! We essentially jump from crazy cold to boiling and back to freezing again. Instead of 4 seasons, we have only 2.
What do we do to make sure my kids don't have to water their garden 3 times a day during the hot dry spells?
Our annual...

When summer is here most people think of vacations and out-of-town fun.

Last week we went out camping with my family. We had tons of fun and physical activity in nature. Hiking and canoeing too. I love nature but I'm also a 5-star hotel kind of gal. I love to be pampered and receive luxury that I...

To be honest with you for me gardening with kids started as an act of activism and not as a selfish act that would benefit ME immediately. But I didn't know that I was up for a huge pleasant surprise that kept on surprising for years. It all started with the social justice and...

Last week, I shared WHY having your School Garden Lesson Plans nailed, is the path to having a beautiful and producing school garden you can teach your curriculum in without the usual headaches of managing a garden. You can read Part 1 here:

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By now, you already know that having a good series of lesson plans for your school garden is the key to creating an amazing school garden, and to gaining support from administrators towards it.

… and when you look at the disappointing results other teachers get...

If I say grow a School Garden, what’s the first thing that comes to your mind?

If you’re like most teachers you immediately think, “no way! Who wants that kind of headache?”…

OR, if you’re open to the idea (and since you’re here I...