Spring Program Opportunities - SPEC School Gardens Program

[Sharlene Singh]

Hello Everyone! 

Here's an update on some initiatives/resources that are available through SPEC School Gardens Program this upcoming spring season!

Garden Bookings Available 

We offer a variety of programming from facilitated garden lessons, out of school care programming and workshops. The SPEC School Gardens Program is looking to expand to new schools in Vancouver, Richmond and Burnaby. If you are an educator with a new or existing school garden and are interested in food and ecological literacy programming this spring/summer please email me.

Garden Site Assessments

Garden site assessments are available in March for K-12 schools hoping to plan for a school garden or seeking to improve an existing garden space. Assessments are $150 which includes an in person site visit, and a detailed written report. 

For inquiries, please complete these forms:

New School Garden Site Visit Questionnaire 

Pre-existing School Garden Site Visit Questionnaire 

Volunteer Opportunity - School Gardens Program Assistant 

 Volunteer Position Description Please share this posting with those that may be interested. The SPEC School Gardens Program is seeking 3-4 enthusiastic volunteers to assist with various schools to support food/ecoliteracy lessons. Volunteer shifts are flexible and organic gardening knowledge/skills are preferred. The deadline for volunteer applications is February 1, 2024. 

Teaching Resources 

Access free teaching resources on the Neighbourhood Nature School portion of our website including Snow Geese & Agriculture, Backyard Birds of BC, Seed Germination Testing, and the Winter Scavenger Hunt.  

Relaunched - Climate Action Workshops (CAWs)

This series of three workshops is a new pilot project of SPEC. It is targeted for school-aged children/youth from Grades 3 - 9! For inquiries and or interest in booking in-person facilitated lessons at your elementary or secondary school for 2024, please contact Mackenzie at ca...@spec.bc.ca 

Monthly Team Meetings (Food, Waste, Energy & Transportation)

Looking to learn more about SPEC's work and volunteer your time, skills to some of our incubator projects and initiatives? Join a monthly online team meeting. Visit the events calendar for upcoming meeting dates/times.

Kind regards,

Sharlene Singh (She/Her)

SPEC School Gardens Program Coordinator 

E: shar...@spec.bc.ca 

W: spec.bc.ca/school-gardens

Free Resources on Instagram and Neighbourhood Nature School 

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