School Garden Resources

From ACGA here are some amazing resources if you are looking at doing school gardens:

Plattsburgh Community Garden
Teaching Garden Curriculum

In 2010, the Plattsburgh Community Garden at Melissa Pennfield Park (http://PlattsburghCommunityGarden.org) was proud to host a teaching garden project developed by the Cornell Cooperative Extension of Clinton County, NY.  The curriculum is part of the “Establishing Organic Teaching Gardens ” Project funded by the Toward Sustainability Foundation.  Out of our teaching garden, coordinated by Anne Lenox Barlow, Horticulture Educator and assisted by Alexander Scharf, came the completion of a Curriculum for community gardens, school gardens and other organizations to ensure all the bases are covered in the establishment of a teaching  garden project.  In addition to the curriculum, Alex compiled a beginners growing guide for Northern New York which includes all the information a beginning gardener needs for a successful crop.

Links:

• View the Teaching Garden Curriculum
• View the Beginners Growing Guide

These links are also available from the website of Plattsburgh Community Garden at http://www.plattsburghcommunitygarden.org/.

We strongly hope the development of this curriculum will enhance the work each of our organizations are doing in our communities.

Information Provided By:

Doug Butdorf
Plattsburgh Community Garden Group, Inc.
http://www.PlattsburghCommunityGarden.org

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SETTING UP AND RUNNING A SCHOOL GARDEN
Teaching Toolkit

Guy Serbin noted that the FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS (FAO) has a teaching toolkit on setting up and running a school garden, available at:  http://www.fao.org/docrep/012/i1118e/i1118e00.htm

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ACGA member Ken Hargesheimer emailed to offer materials about school gardening, focusing on no-till organic, and mini-farming methods.  Find this information on the member resource pages on the ACGA website at: http://communitygarden.org/members/minifarms.asp or email Ken Hargesheimer at minifarms@gmail.com.

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