🌱 Why Most School Gardens Fail — and What the School Gardens with Ease Free Webinar Teaches Instead

Every school garden starts with hope.
A group of enthusiastic teachers and parents. A handful of seedlings (usually donated). Maybe a grant!

But a few months later, the scene often changes, wilted plants, forgotten beds, and disappointed students. Or maybe the plants survive, but the enthusiasm turns into exhaustion and resentment.

If this sounds familiar, you’re not alone.

After more than a decade of helping teachers grow successful school gardens, I’ve seen the same patterns repeat themselves year after year. The problem isn’t enthusiasm, or even lack of resources. It’s something much simpler, and something that my free School Gardens with Ease webinar was created to fix.

🌻 The Two Groups of Teachers I See Every Year

Every school year, I meet two types of teachers when it comes to school gardening.

Group 1: The “It’s Too Hard” Teachers
These are the teachers who love the idea of a school garden but hesitate to start. They imagine endless hours of maintenance, a steep learning curve, and summer break disasters. They see school gardening as a beautiful idea, just not a realistic one for their already full plates.

And so, they never start.

Their students miss out on hands-on science, environmental literacy, and the joy of growing food. Their schools miss out on the community building and pride that gardens can bring.

Group 2: The “How Hard Could It Be?” Teachers
This second group jumps in with both feet. They gather a few seedlings, find a patch of soil, and start planting, full of energy and optimism.

They think they will succeed just because of their good intentions. They essentially look for a miracle!

But because they don’t have a plan, their garden often struggles.
Weeds take over, schedules fall apart, and the garden becomes one more source of stress.

Worse still, when their garden doesn’t last, it sends a message to others that school gardening is just too hard.

🌿 Why Abandoned Gardens Hurt More Than We Think

When a school garden fails, the damage goes far beyond a few lost plants.

It can create disappointment for students who were so proud to see their seedlings sprout. It can frustrate teachers and volunteers who feel like they “just couldn’t make it work.”

And it can discourage other teachers from ever trying.

Every failed garden becomes evidence for the myth that school gardens are too difficult, too expensive, or too time-consuming.

But here’s the truth:

Growing a school garden is only hard if you wing it or follow the wrong strategy.
When you have a clear plan, and the right plan of course, it’s surprisingly easy and incredibly rewarding.

That’s why I created my free 70-minute School Gardens with Ease webinar — to help teachers start or restart their gardens the right way.

🌸 What You’ll Learn Inside the School Gardens with Ease Free Webinar

This is not a quick promotional session or a generic gardening talk.
It’s a comprehensive, practical, and completely free training designed specifically for teachers, parents, and administrators.

Here’s what you can expect inside:

1. The Truth About Why Most School Gardens Fail

We’ll look at the most common advice teachers receive, and why it often leads to burnout, frustration, and abandoned gardens. You’ll learn what not to do, so you can skip the trial and error.

2. The Step-by-Step Strategy for Growing Gardens with Ease

After we uncover what doesn’t work, I’ll walk you through the exact system I’ve used with schools for over a decade. A method that helps you build a thriving, student-powered, teacher-led garden that fits easily into your class time and connects to your curriculum.

3. Three Free Guides to Help You Get Started

At the end of the webinar, if you stay to the end, you’ll also receive three of my most popular guides for free; resources that will help you start planning, planting, and teaching with confidence.

4. A Clear Path Forward

Whether you’re just thinking about starting a garden or trying to revive one that didn’t go as planned, this session gives you the roadmap to move forward and the confidence to do it well.

🌻 Why This Webinar Matters

There’s so much confusing, overwhelming, and even misleading advice out there about school gardens.
And when the wrong guidance spreads, teachers and their community as a whole, pay the price, in time, effort, and lost enthusiasm.

My mission with this webinar is simple:
To stop the nonsense and show educators that growing a successful school garden doesn’t require expensive equipment, huge spaces, or endless time.

It requires strategy, planning, and intention, and that’s exactly what you’ll learn in this free session.

🌿 A Garden Worth Growing

Here’s what I want every teacher to know:

You don’t have to be a gardener to lead a school garden.
You don’t need fancy tools or a huge budget.
And you definitely don’t need to give up your personal time or weekends.

You don't even need to organize and run a garden club, or a parent volunteer group.

You just need the right system. One that makes gardening with your students simple, engaging, and educational.

That’s what School Gardens with Ease is all about.

🌱 Join the Free Webinar

The webinar runs three times a day, every day (including weekends and holidays) for the rest of the calendar year. So there’s always a time that works for you.

👉 Grab your free spot here 

Come ready to take notes, learn, and leave inspired, with a clear plan to grow your own thriving, student-powered school garden.

Because once you know the right way to do it, growing a school garden really is with ease. 🌻