A list of resources for educators, parents, and garden enthusiasts to help support growing in school food gardens and growing spaces with youth.

Nourish Nova ScotiaOctober 8, 2024

School Garden Resources

A list of resources for educators, parents, and garden enthusiasts to help support growing in school food gardens and growing spaces with youth.

PLNourish Nova ScotiaMay 23, 2024

Getting Started Package

Gardens offer opportunities for discovery at every step. Gardening is all about continuous learning and it helps to have a beginner’s mind. This support package is intended as an introduction to starting a school garden.

PESNourish Nova ScotiaJuly 22, 2022

What to Grow (Long Growing Season)

Nourish volunteer and avid gardener Georgia created this list, from her own growing experience, of easy garden vegetables that can be planted in spring or early summer for harvest in the fall. While this is not a complete list of crops with long growing seasons, these crops grow well in Nova Scotia and are great for beginners.

PESNourish Nova ScotiaJuly 22, 2022

Vegetable Garden Colouring Book

This colouring book is a great way for young children to begin naming and recognizing objects, food, critters and more that they might see in the garden.

LIN, CWNNourish Nova ScotiaMarch 10, 2022

Garden Lesson 8 - Putting the Garden to Bed

Owned by Nourish NS

This lesson will walk through the end-of-season practice of “putting the garden to bed” for the winter, and includes activities to help plan for next year’s garden.

GA, LINNourish AdminOctober 19, 2021garden, activity

Understanding Organic Curriculum (Grades 6-12, Web)

LIN, CWNNourish Nova ScotiaAugust 4, 2021

Asset-Mapping Worksheet for School Gardens

This worksheet will help school gardens create an asset map of their surrounding community as part of the Grow Eat Learn program.

PES, SSC, SGNourish Nova ScotiaApril 27, 2021

Asset-Mapping Worksheet for Community Organizations

This worksheet will help community organizations create an asset map of their surrounding community as part of the Grow Eat Learn program.

PES, SSC, SGNourish Nova ScotiaApril 27, 2021

Goal-Setting Worksheet for Community Organizations

This worksheet will help community organizations set goals for new or existing gardens as part of the Grow Eat Learn program.

PES, SGNourish Nova ScotiaApril 27, 2021

Goal-Setting Worksheet for School Gardens

This worksheet will help school gardens set goals for new or existing gardens as part of the Grow Eat Learn program.

PES, SGNourish Nova ScotiaApril 27, 2021

Treaties and Treaty Information (Web)

To continue the conversation about indigenous culture in the classroom and the garden, you might want to take a look at this webpage about treaties.

CWISNourish AdminMarch 5, 2021

Garden Lesson 7 - Harvest & Reflection

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This lesson will cover when and how to harvest, as well as some fun activities to reflect on this past growing season and the future of your garden.

GA, LINNourish AdminMarch 4, 2021garden, activity

Garden Lesson 6 - What about Weeds?

In this lesson, we identify some of the most common Nova Scotia garden weeds and how to get rid of them safely.

GA, LINNourish AdminAugust 10, 2020garden, activity

Garden Lesson 5 - The Dirt on Soil

In this lesson, we will use some at-home methods to test garden soil composition and see what it's made of.

GA, LINNourish AdminAugust 10, 2020garden, activity

Garden Lesson 4: Garden Guests and Pests

This lesson will go over recognizing some of the most common garden visitors, as well as some activities that can help attract more pollinators to a garden.

GA, LINNourish AdminJuly 10, 2020garden, activity