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

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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

Garden Lesson 7 - Harvest & Reflection

Owned by Nourish NS

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.

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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

Garden Lesson 3: Planning a Garden

Learn the pros and cons of each type of garden, as well as how to plan and map out a garden.

GA, LIN, PESNourish AdminJune 11, 2020garden, activity

Garden Lesson 2: Transplanting Seedlings

This lesson will guide you through the process of “sun mapping” and transplanting seedlings into larger pots.

GA, LINNourish AdminMay 14, 2020garden, activity

Garden Lesson 1: Starting Seeds Indoors

This lesson will guide young gardeners to create indoor seed starters using recycled egg cartons.

GA, LINNourish AdminMay 1, 2020garden, activity

Learning in the Garden

This resource highlights ideas to bring the classroom to life in the garden.

GA, LINNourish AdminOctober 1, 2019

Where Does Your Food Come From?

This activity can help students explore where their food comes from and why it's important to consider.

LIN, GANourish AdminOctober 1, 2019

Make Your Own Seed Paper

This handout provides instructions to up-cycle used paper into 'seed paper' for your garden, and is a great lesson about reducing waste and recycling nutrients back into the garden.

GA, LINNourish AdminOctober 1, 2019

How to Vermicompost

This handout walks you through the process of creating a Vermicompost.

C, LIN, SSSGNourish AdminOctober 1, 2019

Make an Octopus Rain Barrel

Make a fun Octopus Rain Barrel with this educational activity.

PL, GA, LIN, SSSGNourish AdminOctober 1, 2019

Grow Your Own Micro-Greens

This activity page will tell you all you need to know about growing microgreens.

GA, PL, LINNourish AdminOctober 1, 2019

In the Garden - Basinview School

Hear primary students talk about what gardeners do and what the school food garden means to them.

LIN, PL, SG, SSCNourish AdminSeptember 13, 2019

Roving Reporter: What's in a Garden?

This is a great video to show students to help them learn where their food comes from.

CWN, PL, LINNourish AdminSeptember 13, 2019

Roving Reporter: Stone Soup

This video tells the story of a school that embodied the value of sharing as they prepare to make a school-wide meal with their garden harvest.

H, SSC, LINNourish AdminSeptember 13, 2019

Reconciliation Through Education Teacher's Guide (Web)

The teaching resource collection within the archives at the NCTR is composed of over 300 unique English-language resources and 100 French-language resources related to residential schools and other closely related topics.

CWIS, LINNourish AdminSeptember 4, 2019

Guiding Practices Resources