RESources for K-8 Gardens
WEBSITES
Life Lab (based in Santa Cruz, CA) is a national leader in the garden-based learning movement and has been around for over 35 years. Lifelab offers educational resources, professional development opportunities, curriculum activity guides, and more!
What started out in Haywood county at a local middle school has now branched out to over 9,000 schools all around the country! ASAP provides garden based curriculum that aligns with standards as well as a variety of resources that can be utilized for your school garden program.
NC Ag in the classroom offers standards-based curriculum for grades K-8. Partnering with several organizations, they offer a “Book of the Month” program where they send agricultural themed picture books to your classroom ($5/month per book) as well as related activities that can be incorporated into lesson plans for all grades.
What started out in Haywood county at a local middle school has now branched out to over 9,000 schools all around the country! ASAP provides garden based curriculum that aligns with standards as well as a variety of resources that can be utilized for your school garden program.
NC Ag in the classroom offers standards-based curriculum for grades K-8. Partnering with several organizations, they offer a “Book of the Month” program where they send agricultural themed picture books to your classroom ($5/month per book) as well as related activities that can be incorporated into lesson plans for all grades.
Curriculum and Lesson Plans
- The Growing Classroom: Garden-Based Science and Nutrition Activity Guide* Developed by Life Lab
- Sowing the Seeds of Wonder: Discovering the Garden in Early Childhood Education* Developed by Life Lab
- Lettuce Learn Library
Books for educators
- Learning Gardens and Sustainability Education: Bringing Life to Schools and Schools to Life Dilafruz R. Williams & Jonathan D. Brown