You don’t need space for a garden to give children access to garden-based education! Consider planting a container herb garden. This resources cover all the basics of starting an herb container garden with young children, including materials needed and estimated costs as well as tips for involving young children in the garden. Related activities for each age group (infants/toddlers, 2-year olds, and 3 to 5 year olds and school age) are included along with connections to the Wisconsin Model Early Learning Standards. View Resource »
Growing School Gardens: Annie’s How-to Guide for Five Kinds of Children’s Gardens
This guide offers five examples of different gardens—from simple to complex—that can flourish at schools and other learning environments with the hope that at least one of these examples will fuel your motivation to garden with kids: windowsill gardens, vertical gardens, raised beds/container gardens, cold frames/tunnels/greenhouses, and large-scale gardens. View Resource »
Things to Know Before You Start a Container Garden
In principle, container gardening is not particularly hard. After all, you really need only four things: a container, plants, soil and water. However, there are some unique considerations when you begin container gardening if you want to keep your plants alive and looking their best. This is a summary of the important things to know for container gardening, complete with article links for learning more about these subjects. View Resource »
Container Gardening Manual
For schools short on space or funding, this a great way to get growing. Use this guide to design container gardens of all shapes and sizes for indoor or outdoor growing. Also check out the Container Gardening Guide from UW-Extension. View Resource »
Microfarm Manual
Learn how to bring the plants to your classroom with this portable garden on wheels. Includes design and materials list. View Resource »