PLEASE SHARE! Regional School Garden Guides

[sam.ullery]

Hi All,

I'm looking for examples of regional (State, City, District, doesn't matter) guides that support school gardens. I am finally getting around to creating one for DC, I'm curious what others included in their guides (thanks to Andy at Slow Food USA for reminding me that this is key to sustaining a regional program).

Bonus if your guide support schools across multiple districts, I'm looking for examples of how others navigated this.

Send me your links!

Sam

[Kendal Chavez]

Sam I'd love to see what you compile! Mind sharing once you collect info? Many thanks. 

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[John Fisher]

Hi Sam, Here is California's Garden for Learning: Creating and Sustaining Your School Garden guide we wrote a few years back. It is more of a book on creating and sustaining school gardens than a regional planning guide but the chapters outline what most guides have in them. 

Here are some more that I have come across that focus a bit more on regional resources:

Oregon School Garden Resource Guide
Springfield Food Policy Council Resource Guide
San Diego County School Garden Resources

Hawaii School Garden Resources

Monterey County School Garden Resources

- John

[Sam Ullery (OSSE)]

Hi All, 

I'm happy to resurrect this thread with the announcement that The United States Botanic Garden (USBG), the Office of the State Superintendent of Education (OSSE), and City Blossoms just released the newly developed guidance document  “Growing Strong: A Comprehensive Guide to Support All School Garden Programs in the District”. It includes information on:  

• Starting a new school garden;
• Maintaining an existing school garden; and
• Providing high-quality garden-based instruction.

Please take time to check it out! We hope this document is useful as you engage students in garden-based learning. 

One of the goals of this guide was to provide a model to other SGSOs to develop similar guides. I hope this is useful and please share similar documents that you've created to support school gardens in your region!  

Sam