January 2019

Garden Based Learning Activities

Schools and community gardens are living classrooms with great potential for learning. In How to Grow a School Garden, Arden Buck-Sporer and Rachel Kathleen Pringle cite the following: Numerous studies point to school gardens as a means of improving academic achievement, promoting healthy lifestyles, demonstrating the principles of stewardship, encouraging community and social development, and …

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The Best Gardener’s Tips *Hint, they’re your own!

The Best Gardening tips always come from yourself! Save yourself some money every year by buying fewer seeds and learning what works. Garden Journals and Seed Binders: Seed Binders and garden journals make gardening more efficient By storing seeds this way, you are creating an environment which will promote seed viability.  The pockets lock out …

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