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We've listed some of our favorite sources for school and youth garden information.




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Our Generous Garden by Anne Nagro
Our Generous Garden
 
Students plant and harvest a vegetable garden and change their community in the process.  Read reviews!






Nuestra Huerta Generosa by Anne Nagro
Nuestra Huerta Generosa
Bi-lingual (Spanish-English) edition of nationally recognized children's book, Our Generous Garden. Featured book of the 2010 Florida Department of Education and Florida Department of Health's literacy and nutrition education program. Read reviews!




GardenABCs Learning Bug E-zine 
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2010 California Foundation for Agriculture in the Classroom Teacher Resource Guide
$5 for teachers outside California; free online

A Community of Gardeners by Filmmaker Cintia Cabib.
Through the voices of young people, senior citizens, immigrants, garden volunteers and educators, this one-hour documentary will explore the vital role of seven community gardens in Washington, D.C., not only as sources of fresh, nutritious food, but as outdoor classrooms, places of healing, centers of social interaction, and oases of beauty and calm in inner-city neighborhoods.

Aggie Horticulture Just For Kids 
Texas A&M University

Branch 
     The national newsletter of Project Learning Tree

Chicagoland Gardening

Children's Gardens: A Field Guide for Teachers, Parents & Volunteers

Common Ground Garden Program Websites of Interest Listing
Calif. & national

Common Ground Expert Urban Gardener
UC-Davis Coop. Ext.

Cornell Garden-Based Learning 
Cornell University

Dave's Garden Gardening community website

Eco-Schools USA National Wildlife Federation
Join 43 other countries in this international initiative designed to encourage whole-school action for the environment

Garden Learning Videos Life Lab Science Program
Web-based videos on school garden how-to and garden-based nutrition

Getting Started: A Guide for Creating School Gardens as Outdoor Classrooms
Center for EcoLiteracy

ILoveFreeThings.com 

Free seeds, garden posters, CDs and more!

The Little Green People Show
Sustainable living in the big city

Meeting Children's Nutrition & Health Needs through Gardening

Library of Congress: History of School Gardens Webcast and Transcript
Constance Carter, Head of the Science Reference Section

Nutrition For Kids
Create a new nutrition culture for kids!  Books and programming from Connie Evers, MS, RD, an award-winning registered dietitian who has dedicated her career to promoting the nutritional health of children and adolescents.

School Garden Weekly
Weekly Instructional Activities For Your California School Garden

Smart By Nature: Schooling for Sustainability
By Michael K. Stone/Center for Ecoliteracy
Foreword by Daniel Goleman, author of Ecological Intelligence

White House Kitchen Garden Video
A seven-minute Web video about the development of the White House kitchen garden and the role of students from Bancroft Elementary School in farming it.

WikiGardens
Free garden encyclopedia featuring plant database, garden showcase, forum,
journal, vendors and garden groups

World Food Garden
The world's first map of small food gardens


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