After you’ve mapped out your fall garden using our Fall Planting Planning Sheet, the SYG Crop Varieties resource guide and maybe even our How to Make a Planting Plan video, head on over to the Digging Deeper section of our website and check out our other resources! Resources on our site include – Garden Lesson […]
Hard to believe it, but we are in August folks! For educators everywhere this signals starting anew and your schoolyard garden is no exception. As a member of the Schoolyard Gardens (SYG) Program there are a few things we need you to add to your to-do list – Complete your Annual SYG Enrollment Form – […]
This week I’m excited to spotlight the garden at Children’s Center for the Visually Impaired (CCVI). CCVI has been a member of the Schoolyard Gardens program for about 5 years and they generally grow in all three seasons. They are huge fans of sweet potatoes and in 2019 harvested an impressive 100 lbs.! Their garden […]
For the next two months, our SYG blog will spotlight a few of the wonderful schoolyard garden sites we have the pleasure of assisting. Each week, we’ll zoom in on a different school, sharing and celebrating their garden stories. We hope you’ll be as inspired as we are by these rock star gardeners! I’ll kick […]
This week we’d like to highlight another one of our brand new garden recipe videos – Grated Raw Beet Salad! This citrusy, bright recipe makes a wonderfully fresh side dish, just perfect for the hotter days ahead. This recipe is also simple, utilizing a few pantry staples along with the beets and herbs from your […]
Having a schoolyard garden means that you’re already a wonderful steward of the earth. Take a minute to give yourself a pat on the back, because in a way, you celebrate the earth every time you visit your garden! In honor of the official Earth Day, we’d like to share a few other ways you, […]
We have an exciting addition to this year’s spring plant and seed order form – Tatsoi! Pronounced tat-soy, this versatile cool season Asian green is a cruciferous vegetable (think kale, cabbage, mustard greens, etc.) and is very mild in flavor. It’s easy to grow, with very few pest issues, and goes well in almost any recipe […]
As we near the end of February, it’s time to say goodbye to the winter construction season (November 1st – February 28th) and hello to spring planting (March 15th – April 8th)! Before we close it out, we’d like to take a minute to say a few thank you’s. To the teachers, students and school […]
With spring just around the corner, we’re getting excited to start dreaming with schools about what they’ll grow in their gardens this season! To assist with this process, we’re holding our spring workshops over the next few weeks. The first is our Planting Planning Workshop, which is mandatory for all new garden coordinators. This training […]
This week, we’d like to highlight one of our favorite longtime community partners, Greenability. Whether it’s stories in their weekly newsletter highlighting the kickoff of KCCG’s plant sales or a beautifully placed ad showcasing our Gardens at Sunset annual fundraiser, Greenability has been an awesome partner in KCCG’s efforts of reaching folks across the KC […]
