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Getting Started

February 28, 2023 By Nathan

Roots in the Ground

Roots in the Ground is a comprehensive Farm to Early Care and Education (ECE) curriculum created by Rooted staff, partners, and consultants to guide in-person garden-based education and cooking trainings for ECE professionals. The curriculum is designed to help early childhood educators feel inspired and confident in gardening and cooking activities with young children. View Resource »

Filed Under: Academic Benefits, Accessibility, Activities, Ag/Gardening, Art & Music, Benefits & Advocacy, Community Engagement, Culinary Arts, Curricula, Curricula, Lessons, & Activities, Early Care & Education, Evaluation, Fundraising, Garden Design, Garden in Summer, Garden in Winter, Garden Planning, Garden to Cafeteria, Getting Started, Health & Wellness, Health/Nutrition, In the Classroom, Maintaining & Sustaining, Math, Planting, Pollinators, Safety, Science/Nature, Social Studies/History, Soil Health, Tools, Water/Irrigation, Weed & Pest Management, Writing/Reading

April 22, 2020 By Nathan

Cultivating Childhood Wellness Through Gardening

A free online training for K-12 teachers, early childcare professionals, and community educators. Topics cover garden planning, activities, and curricula. The entire training takes about 90 minutes, but can be viewed in separate chapters. Early childhood educators and some after-school program staff can earn 1.5 CEUs through The Registry. View Resource »

Filed Under: Activities, Benefits & Advocacy, Community Engagement, Culinary Arts, Curricula, Lessons, & Activities, Early Care & Education, Garden Design, Garden Planning, Getting Started, Health & Wellness, Health/Nutrition, Maintaining & Sustaining, Planting, Soil Health, Water/Irrigation, Weed & Pest Management

June 24, 2019 By Nathan

Free & Discounted Seeds for Youth Garden Programs

This document lists companies and organizations that provide free and/or discounted seeds for youth garden programs. This list is not specific to any state or region, so you may also want to check with local stores and organizations if you are looking to source seeds for your youth garden program. View Resource »

Filed Under: Garden Planning, Getting Started, Maintaining & Sustaining, Planting

October 19, 2018 By Nathan

The USDA Farm to School Planning Toolkit

The Farm to School Planning Toolkit guides you though questions to consider and helpful resources to reference when starting or growing a farm to school program. It is designed for use by schools, school districts, and community partners. The toolkit is filled with tips and examples, insights from others, and lists of resources for further research. Each school district is unique, so browse the topics to find the resources most relevant to you and your implementation team! View Resource »

Filed Under: Garden Planning, Getting Started, Maintaining & Sustaining

August 29, 2018 By Nathan

Gardening Mistakes That I’ve Made

Here are 6 gardening mistakes from a real gardener (who will continue to make and learn from mistakes, as we all will)! Whether you are new to gardening or experienced, you will make some mistakes. Learn from it. That’s the most important thing. Your garden is not going to be perfect and there is nothing wrong with that. View Resource »

Filed Under: Garden Design, Garden Planning, Getting Started, Maintaining & Sustaining

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