Statewide Program SupportA Garden in Every School—California Department of Education
Deborah Beall
dbeall@cde.ca.gov
Elizabeth Moreno
EMoreno@cde.ca.gov
www.cde.ca.gov/ls/nu/he/garden.asp
A Garden in Every School Initiative’s goal is to have a garden in the almost 9,000 public schools in California. Over the past ten years approximately 30 percent of California schools have established gardens. Currently, the program funds three regional garden-based learning centers to provide assistance to schools. GBL resources include A Child’s Garden of Standards, Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Photo Cards, Kids Cook Farm-Fresh Food, and Nutrition to Grow On. “Use of School Gardens in Academic Instruction,” an article in the Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior. 2005; 37; 146-150, summarizes the school gardens in California. Contact Deborah Tammannaie to request your school garden resource packet. Link to publications. Life Lab Science Program
John Fisher
mailto:gardendirector@lifelab.org(831) 459-2001
www.lifelab.org
Life Lab Science Program provides training for teachers in our model school garden, the Life Lab Garden Classroom and at school sites across the state. Our workshops cover a range of garden-based learning topics including workshops based on our Growing Classroom Activity Guide and Life Lab Science K-5 Garden-Based Science Curriculum. Our curriculum is science based and has been adapted to language arts. Life Lab also hosts a summer institute program and a regional garden-based science conference in the spring. The Garden Classroom is open year round for visitors. Link to training and workshops Master Gardeners
http://www.mastergardeners.org/
University of California Cooperative Extension Master Gardeners have offices in most counties in California. Master Gardeners provide various types of gardening support for gardeners in their area as well as extensive training to become a Master Gardener. Search the link above for Master Gardeners serving your area or scroll down to find the Master Gardener garden advice hotline number in your region. California Foundation for Agriculture in the Classroom
cfaitc@cfbf.com
www.cfaitc.org
The Agriculture in the Classroom program hosts an annual fall conference for teachers. Many of the workshops highlight garden-based learning and they have had over 250 middle school teachers involved in their programs. Every year the program publishes a Teacher's Resource Guide available in hard copy and on CD that, along with unit lesson plans and fact sheets on California food products, is provided free. The California Foundation for Agriculture in the Classroom publishes a "Cream of the Crop" newsletter for educators and features many school garden programs. The program distributes free classroom sets of a 16-page student activity newspaper entitled "What's Growin' On?" that includes lesson activities for students and features topics including healthful eating, food safety, and California agriculture. Link to tranings and workshops.
Imagine This... story writing contest
Meet Academic Content Standards for California schools through this creative writing contest! Create a positive learning experience that promotes reading, writing and the arts, and furthers the understanding of agriculture in our lives by using this award-winning contest in your classroom.
For more information, visit the California Foundation for Agriculture in the Classroom. Or view the brochure here, please be patient as it may take a minute to load.
Junior Master Gardener Program
Susan Gloeckler
programinfo@jmgkids.us (805) 662-6943
JMG Mission: To grow good kids by igniting a passion for learning, success, and service through a unique gardening education. The Junior Master Gardener Program has curriculum for elementary and middle school youth, with hundreds of independent and group learning experiences that can be used in a garden or classroom setting.
California Women for Agriculture
Mary Landau
mlandau49@hotmail.com (626) 794-4025
www.cawomen4ag.com
California Women for Agriculture support California Agriculture. The group hosts an annual meeting and also individual members are volunteers in a related agriculture projects. Regional chapters have members who volunteer with school gardens. California Association of Nursery and Garden Centers
http://www.cangc.org/educationAndCareer/default.asp
CANGC has many resources available for teachers, members and students in the horticulture industry. Common Vision
Michael Flynn, michael@commonvision.org (831) 588-9914
Common Vision will runs a Traveling in veggie oil-powered caravan, 25-earth educators from Common Vision will bring to 45 schools a program that includes a performance for the whole school and all-day workshops for 150 students planting up to 25 fruit trees, teaching West African agricultural drumming, and writing garden-inspired earth-conscious
hip-hop. Click here to go to Common Vision’s website: http://www.commonvision.org/index.php?id=72');
Western Growers Foundation
Briana Lewis
School Garden Program
Provides grants and support for the creation of school gardens. Founding organization of the California School Garden Network. |