School Gardening in the early 1900s through today: National Websites, Associations

Multiple lists on online resources and information from the USDA's Healthy Meals Resource System. Includes the sections School Garden Resources
Preschool Garden Resources
School Garden Bulletin Board Resources
Farm and Garden Produce Safety

This site provides a list of resources for planning and maintaining a school garden, as well as ways to incorporate school garden lessons into the classroom.

Secretary Vilsack began the People's Garden Initiative - named in honor of President Lincoln's description of USDA as the "People's Department" - in 2009 as an effort to challenge employees to create gardens at USDA facilities. It has since grown into a collaborative effort of over 700 local and national organizations all working together to establish community and school gardens across the country. The simple act of planting a garden can help unite neighborhoods in a common effort and inspire locally-led solutions to challenges facing our country - from hunger to the environment.

The Children's Garden Network (CGN) is a community of support - people, programs and resources - that provides information, guidance and services to Rhode Island's schools and youth organizations to assist them to build successful garden education programs.

Growing the Learning Potential of All Children

GreenHeart Education is a primer on transformative education for sustainability. Presents information and resources about incorporating all aspects of nature and sustainability in to children's lives. Has information on School Gardens and Homeschooling.

Gardening and plant-based learning open a door to discovery of the living world. It stimulates even as it focuses and calms. Within the school environment, a garden offers an unparalleled platform to help kids achieve learning goals in ways that are recommended by the National Science Standards and most state and local educational bodies.

Instructional activities for school gardens.

School Gardening engages students by providing a dynamic environment to observe, discover, experiment, nurture and learn. School Gardens are living laboratories where interdisciplinary lessons are drawn from real life experiences, encouraging students to become active participants in the learning process.

Life Lab Science Program is a 501 (c)(3) nonprofit organization and has been working in the field of science and environmental education since 1979. With our award winning curricula and programs, the organization helps schools develop gardens where children can create "living laboratories" for the study of the natural world. Since developing the first Life Lab school garden in Santa Cruz in 1978, Life Lab has worked with over 1,400 schools across the United States training tens of thousands educators.

The Learning Garden is located at Venice High School in Venice, California. It was launched in March of 2001. Since then it has quickly become one of the country’s largest and most successful school gardens.

Since ground-breaking and initial tilling in March, we've been documenting the progress of the first garden on White House grounds since Eleanor Roosevelt's Victory Garden during World War II. This new garden was planted with the help of local elementary school children and has yielded a constant supply fresh produce for the First Family and White House events. Hear and see the story of the garden first-hand from First Lady Michelle Obama and White House chef Sam Kass.

Many documents in pdf format on planning, creating, and learning from gardens.

The Life Lab Science Program distilled their years of world-wide school garden experience into a concise 50-page guide that asks and answers most questions you need to consider for creating an outdoor classroom garden. Items covered include your garden’s purpose; school staff, volunteers, and students; connecting with curriculum; site selection and design; theme gardens; fund-raising; public awareness; and more. Get this guide if you are thinking about starting a garden for your school or program, then move on to The Growing Classroom and Life Lab Science. This publication is available free as a PDF download.

Easy School Garden Activities, School Garden Lessons, Farm and Garden Education Songs, Uploads.