Resources

The UC Davis School Gardening Program, (previously referred to as the UC Davis Children's Garden Program) has developed great resources for adults involved in developing and using school gardens in California. 

Creating and Sustaining your School Garden (CSYSG)

We worked with our partners at LifeLab Science Program and the Resource Conservation District of Greater San Diego County to develop and deliver the CSYSG workshops with funding from California Department of Food and Agriculture Specialty Crop Block Grant Program.  We continue to make all workshop materials available to the public. 

CSYSG Workshop Materials

Full Booklet (3.5 MB PDF)

Individual activities and lessons

Outdoor Classroom Management

Soil and Planting

Keep it Growing

Curricular Connections

Choosing Plants and Planting Times

Designing your School Garden

Planning your School Garden

Additional documents for individuals who want to use CSYSG for training adults. These documents have been used in our 'train the trainer' program to enable regional partners to carry out school gardening workshops in their own areas for adult participants.

Handouts for Trainers

Complete list of handouts
Workshop prep and supply list

Workshop introduction

Working with adults

Adult learning cycle

Theme topics for adult learning

Sample flyer

Sample participant agenda

Sample evaluation form

Trainer Outline (background info to support workshop booklet above)

Outdoor classroom management

Soil and planting

Keep it growing

Curricular connections

Choosing plants and planting times

Designing your school garden

Planning your school garden program trainer outline

 

 

 

Garden Enhanced Nutrition Education (GENE)

We worked with our partners at LifeLab Science Program and the Resource Conservation District of Greater San Diego County to develop and deliver the GENE workshops with funding from California Department of Food and Agriculture Specialty Crop Block Grant Program.  We continue to make all workshop materials available to the public. 

 

GENE Workshop Materials

Complete GENE Booklet

Individual activities and lessons


Comparative tastings

Cooking with Kids

Eat a Rainbow

Eating from the Garden

Edible Crop Planning

My Plate, My Garden

Additional documents for individuals who want to use CSYSG for training adults. These documents have been used in our 'train the trainer' program to enable regional partners to carry out school gardening workshops in their own areas for adult participants.

GENE workshop trainer materials

GENE lessons resource list

 

Fresh Fruits and Vegetables: Centerpiece for a Healthy School Environment

With support from USDA Team Nutrition, we developed a workshop series that helped California teachers, food service professionals, and other educators involved in the school food system to understand how to grow, serve, and provide nutrition education to school populations. 

Our resources for this workshop are on-line at www.healthyschoolenvironment.org 

Tomato Time Curriculum: year-long activities for second graders exploring tomatoes and tomato production