As the winter begins, it’s a great time for gardens (and gardeners!) to rest. However, before the garden trowels are stored away for the season one remaining crop can be planted to add delicious flavor to the spring harvest: garlic! Garlic is not only yummy, but a healthy way to add good flavor to a […]
Spotlight: Children’s Center for the Visually Impaired
This past summer the Children’s Center for the Visually Impaired joined the Schoolyard Garden program. CCVI supports children who are newborn to Pre-K that may have visual impairments, including those with multiple disabilities. Teachers at CCVI help the students develop important life skills so they are better prepared in the sighted world. CCVI received a […]
A Time to Harvest – A Time to Celebrate – A Time to Rest
As we roll into the holiday season, it’s a great time to slow down and review the past growing year. Here at Schoolyard Gardens we have helped schools close their gardens for winter and are beginning to consider next spring. Before we move full ahead into the 2018 growing season, it’s important to give the […]
Book Recommendation: Seedfolks
The weather is getting a little bit chillier and the sun is setting earlier. If you are like me, you may find yourself spending more time inside curled up with a good book. Over at Schoolyard Gardens, we love the book Seedfolks by Paul Fleischman. This book, first published in 1997, is a powerful narrative […]
Extending the Season with Row Cover
It can be a sad time for gardeners when the winter rolls around. As temperatures drop and fall crops start to die back, schoolyard gardens can begin to look bare and empty. However, KCCG offers a solution for schools that are interested in extending the fall season: row covers! Row covers are a useful tool […]
November Garden Checklist
Spotlight: Emerson Elementary Pumpkin Patch
This week we are highlighting the hard work of the student gardeners at Emerson Elementary. Emerson is a Kansas City, KS Public School. The garden was started by teacher, Maggie Scanlon, in 2013. The school has two raised beds, two apple trees and a pumpkin patch. We asked Maggie to share some of the successes […]
Digging for Gold (Harvesting Sweet Potatoes)
Smoothies and Salads: Snacks from the Garden
The after-school LINC program at Gladstone Elementary School has been enjoying a bountiful fall harvest! Earlier this season children planted kale, broccoli, cabbage, lettuce, collard greens, spinach, mustard greens, and beets in their raised bed garden plots and eagerly awaited picking the maturing crops. Two months later, students harvested enough lettuce, spinach, and radishes from […]
Bringing The Garden Into The Classroom
After weeks of tending the gardens, preschool students are starting to enjoy the fruits of their labor. Recently, I stopped by a few schools to see different ways teachers are incorporating the garden into their lessons for the day. Ms. Hamme’s classroom at St Joseph Catholic school learned about a popular Mexican snack their teacher […]