Starting a School Garden

In ground

Raised Bed

Container

Cold Frame

Microfarm

But don't tell them they're learning too!

School gardens...

Create a hands on learning experience

Teach kids where their food comes from

Encourage them to try the food they grow

Help fight childhood obesity

and develop healthy eating habits

And most importantly...

School gardens are not as expensive

or as hard as you may think.

Get started today!

It's Fun!

Types of

School Gardens

Why Start a

School Garden?

Still Need

More Reasons?

Got Dirt? Gardening Initiative

Misc.

• Respect for the earth
• Nuturing skills
• Responsibility

Science

• Lifecycle of plants
• Insects
• Composting
• Weather patterns
• Scientific method

Art

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• Drawing
• Photography

Funded by the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine

and Public Health Wisconsin's Partnership Program

Curriculum

Matches

Health

Math

• Measurement
• Geometry
• Graphing
• Fractions

• Nutrition
• Food pyramid
• Physical activity
• Healthy eating habits

• Garden journals
• Creative writing
• Vocabulary
• Spelling

Language Arts

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