Students plant, harvest on-campus garden

Originally published in the University of Georgia’s ‘Faces’ page Written by: By Sarah Lewis Jamie Woodhead Reprinted here by permission of the authors. (Note from sustainable-landscaping: I love school gardens. My first was in 2nd grade. I have had one almost every year since then, over 55 years. I am pleased to see any school [...]

School and Community Garden Hero Recognized

(Note: This article is written by Dohee Kim (UC Cooperative Extension, Los Angeles County) and is reprinted with permission. It first appeared in the UC/ANR News blog. To read the article in its original context, please visit http://news.ucanr.org/newsstorymain.cfm?story=1311 ) UC Cooperative Extension’s Yvonne Savio is Horticulturist of the Year 2010 Yvonne Savio, manager of the [...]

La Mariposa School Garden Photos

Here are some killer photos submitted by Kamala Nahas. Thank you, Kamala! These young gardeners seem to be enjoying their work day at school. Kelly Long spent many hours planning, arranging for and delivering materials for the project. Thanks  to her, the project went off without a hitch and we met our goal of 11 [...]

Child Nutrition Bill Passes Senate

Is Child Nutrition something you take seriously? The following article got my attention this morning, and I think it will brighten your day. Click here to read the full story on ‘Civil Eats’ Child Nutrition Bill Passes the Senate, Food Stamp Funding Takes Cut August 6th, 2010  By Paula Crossfield In a surprise move yesterday before heading [...]

School Garden Day-1 Results

The School and Community Garden Project is a program sponsored by the Ventura County Master Gardeners. Its purpose is to empower communities to create new gardens in schools, community settings and backyards. Our first project was held at La Mariposa School in Camarillo, a school with a strong commitment to integrating gardening into the curriculum. [...]

Another School Garden

Here is a video I pirated from Growing A Greener World on PBS. Check it out – it is a view of what a school garden program can be…

School garden Before Pictures

Here are photos of the school garden site. These should give your a better idea of the layout. You can click any image for a closer view.

Community and School Gardening Training Announced

The Ventura County Master Gardeners have announced a new program to train community and school garden volunteers. This one-day class will give new volunteers the skills needed to successfully start new gardens. After the course, they will be able to create more gardens in schools, neighborhoods and communities across the county. Th first class is [...]

Community and School Gardening Training Announced