The most exciting part of growing vegetables is getting to eat all the yummy veggies. While the Schoolyard Gardens team is partial to eating veggies straight from the garden, it’s fun to try them in a few inventive ways as well. Below are a few of our favorite kid-friendly recipes. All of these recipes require little […]
Winter Doesn’t Slow Us Down
Our Schoolyard Gardens staff is often asked, “What happens during the winter?” Freezing temperatures and snow and ice may keep vegetables from growing, but there is still much to be done in January and February. Our staff uses these months to add soil amendments and compost to gardens, repair damaged beds, help schools expand their gardens, […]
Indoor Celery Dye Experiment for the Classroom
As the weather turns cooler, and the days become shorter, it is hard to think about growing a vegetable garden! Both the soil and gardeners need the winter months to rest and replenish before the spring season. But winter and rest time can still excite students’ minds about the wonders of growing food! Use classroom time to […]
Ridgeview Elementary Family Garden
Last Thursday evening, families from Ridgeview Elementary in the Olathe School District gathered together to do a final fall harvest and closed the 8 family garden plots at the school! In 2010, Ridgeview Elementary students built raised beds for the students to grow and taste vegetables. During the first few summers of the garden, families […]
Why Do You Want to Join Garden Club?
Each time our Schoolyard Gardens staff goes to one of our 200+ schools, we hear the unique story of that school’s garden. Schools utilize their gardens in many different ways, and students interact with their school gardens in different ways. Many schools use the garden as a tool for classroom learning, or to simply grow […]
Take Your Schoolyard Garden a Step Further
With the school year in full swing and schoolyard gardens planted all over the city we are well into our fall gardening season! Your schoolyard garden is a unique element to your school community. It showcases pride in your school, provides hands-on learning, and exposes your students to fresh vegetables and fruit. Your students already […]
Kansas City Public Schools Prepare for New School Year
Our Schoolyard Gardens team partners with a number of school districts and agencies throughout the Kansas City area. It is our hope and goal to make schoolyard gardens as common as playgrounds and libraries at every school in the metro. With each school we work with we seek to expose the students to new and […]