School gardens provide valuable learning experiences that encourage students to apply what they learn in the classroom and experience it in a hands-on, experiential way. Whether indoors on a window sill, vertical or hydroponic system or outdoors in raised beds or container gardens, the focus on environmental education, nutrition education, sustainability, history, biology, science, math, water cycles and a host of traditional curricula taught in schools makes school gardens an important part of learning along with 21st Century Skills and STEM education.
Check out some of the resources available online to start and maintain a school garden. Click here for the NJ Core Curriculum Standards link to connect your curriculum. .
Bullock Children's Garden Best Practices to Start Your School Garden
Sprout Scouts from FoodCorps: lessons for a school garden club
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