The school garden is a vibrant educational environment where students, teachers, and parents work together.
This book presents a concrete integrated education strategy using school gardening.
We've included tips and a list of activities for tasks and challenges that students can do in their school gardens to help them experience the wonder and joy that comes from working in the garden.
Parents and teachers will gain practical guidance by incorporating gardening into the curriculum.

The most important group that needs to gather opinions is, of course, students.
As with all aspects of the outdoor classroom, surveying student opinions is directly linked to the curriculum.
Encourage teachers to solicit feedback from students.
Teachers might ask students to draw what a perfect school garden would look like for an art assignment or write about it for a writing assignment.
Students will come up with brilliant ideas.
In addition to a frog pond or butterfly garden, they'll want a rocket launch pad, pastures for goats or horses (or unicorns, you never know), and most commonly, a swimming pool.
Involving students in this process will add enthusiasm and interest to the project.


We've seen outdoor seating where entire classes can gather together transform a garden into an outdoor classroom.
It provides a basic teaching space where the teacher stands in front of the students and explains the class activities or writes the lecture contents on an outdoor chalkboard.
Some gardens have auditorium-style seating, while others have students sit on cheap straw bales.
Whatever the material, make sure everyone is looking forward and focused on the lecture.
Additionally, shade or rain shelters are needed to protect students from the sun and rain.
Students have a hard time concentrating if they are not comfortable, so make sure to create a space where they can sit comfortably.

Another material from which inexpensive seats can be made is circular wooden boards.
You should look for something that doesn't leak sap.

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