Follow-up from F2SBC's School Garden Mentorship January Workshop
Tessa Stiven
Workshop Follow-up
We hope this message finds you well and still inspired following Tuesday’s School Garden Mentorship Workshop: Establishing a School Garden Culture featuring Michelle Roberge and Matthew Reimer from W.L. McLeod Elementary in SD 91. For those of you who were unable to attend or wish to revisit the information shared, please see links below.
To access the recording of the webinar, please click here: https://youtu.be/VWkokQoecg0
For the presentation slides, please click here: download here
Workshop Resources
- F2SBC School Garden Committee Worksheet
- F2SBC Guide to Starting A Farm to School Program
- F2SBC Program Budget Calculator
- Lifecycles guide to Creating an Outdoor Classroom – School Food Garden Implementation Manual
- Megan Zeni’s Blog (amazing teacher and outdoor play advocate)
- Kids Gardening - Seeds of Success Toolkit
- Kids Gardening - Benefits of School Gardening
- Farm to Cafeteria Canada - Benefits of School Gardening
- Example of SD68 Environment Stewardship Action Plan
- Master Gardeners of BC. Find your local chapter
More about McLeod’s Farm to School Program
Our School Garden Mentors for this session were:
🌱 Matthew Reimer, McLeod School Farm to School Lead
🌱 Michelle Roberge, Farm to School Advocate
McLeod School’s Farm to School journey started over a decade ago with a volunteer run, part-time, single salad bar. Over this decade plus, the program has grown leaps and bounds to include a greenhouse and garden, two kitchen staff, indoor growing and curriculum, meal programs and kitchen/life skills education. Matthew and Michelle’s presentation inspires and shows what is possible with time, partnership, patience and passion. Their presentation uses the McLeod journey to show how involving the community, students and educators can establish a strong culture to support the sustainability of a program.
Learn more about McLeod’s Farm to School Program journey and see great pictures of their project and approach here!
More questions for Michelle? Reach out to Michelle at jmf...@me.com
Sign up for February's Workshop: Designing your School Garden and Crop Planning
In this workshop, we will cover:
✔️ School garden goals and purpose
✔️ Garden design
✔️ Engage your class with garden design and crop planning
✔️ Explore crop planning resources to align harvest with the school calendar
👉 Sign up and save your spot at https://farmtoschoolbc.ca/garden-mentorship/
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