Here are some great resources to help teachers be successful with school garden projects.

Granny's Garden School - Wonderful site based on gardening in the school environment

Junior Master Gardener
JMG's mission is to grow good kids by igniting a passion for learning, success and service through a unique gardening education. JMG is an international youth gardening program of the University Cooperative Extension network. Visit them at www.jmgkids.org.

Life Lab Science Program
Life Lab Science Program is a non-profit organization with over 20 years of experience in developing curricula and materials for school gardens. The tip sheets below will help you get your school garden off to a successful start. For more information, please visit our web site at www.lifelab.org.

Tips for Starting and Sustaining a School Garden Project
Managing an Effective Outdoor Classroom

School Garden Wizard
The School Garden Wizard website provides educators with step by step guidelines to help create a school garden and make it a successful and lasting part of the school curriculum. Visit them at www.gardenwizard.org.

Growing with Children
The Growing with Children program by the Western Growers School Garden provides grants of up to $1500 to schools throughout California and Arizona for design, construction and/or maintenance of school gardens. To apply, download the application at www.wga.com under 'garden program' or by sending a request to Danielle Blacet, Garden Project Coordinator, at dblacet@wga.com.

LAUSD Nutrition Network
The LAUSD Nutrition Network supports healthy eating and adequate physical exercise for pre-K through 12th grade students in the Los Angeles Unified School District. Our goal is to encourage nutrition education for children so they have the desire and information needed to make healthy, positive choices for the rest of their lives. For more information, please visit our web site at www.lausdnutritionnetwork.org

VIVA! Vernacular 

Spiny's Friends - http://www.spinysfriends.com
A fun site for elementary school children, fostering an interest in cacti and succulents.

Lesson Plans
If you have developed lesson plans for your class(es) in conjunction with gardening and/or plant-related biology and would like to share them, many teachers would be appreciative! Please submit your lesson plan(s) in standard lesson plan format, include grade level and which portions of your state's framework they meet, if available, and email them to schools@vivagarden.com . Please let us know if you would like your name and/or school name/district to be included, or if you would like to remain anonymous.

We will post them here on the site for teachers to freely download and use.
Thank you for helping teachers across the country.