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Apple Tree Guild: How-to Guide

Learn about how to plant a Food Forest and Apple Tree Guild. Planting and tending to an apple tree guild offers youth the opportunity to engage with a biodiverse ecosystem that produces food for people and pollinators.

Planning a garden

This preliminary garden lesson will help youth plan a garden where everything can thrive. This resource is part 1 of a Garden Lesson series. Check out the full series at nourishns.ca/resource/garden-lessons-1-8

Starting Seeds Indoors

This lesson on starting seeds in a classroom offers detailed educational activities to deepen the learning experience of starting seeds for a garden indoors. This resource is part 2 of a Garden Lesson series. Check out the full series at nourishns.ca/resource/garden-lessons-1-8

Critters in the Garden

This lesson explores the wildlife that lives in the garden, mostly bugs! Get into pollinators and learn about the habitat of the garden. This lesson offers educational activities to deepen the learning experience of planting a garden.. This resource is part 4 of a Garden Lesson series. Check out the full series at nourishns.ca/resource/garden-lessons-1-8

The Dirt on Soil

This lesson is all about dirt. Learn about composting and soil composition- a great activity for any grade 3 teacher looking to do hands-on learning when they teach about soil. This lesson offers detailed educational activities to deepen the learning experience around soil and compost for the garden. This resource is part 5 of a Garden Lesson series. Check out the full series at nourishns.ca/resource/garden-lessons-1-8

Planting a Garden

This lesson covers preparing seedlings to be transplanted from the classroom to the garden as well as what do on planting day. This lesson offers detailed educational activities to deepen the learning experience of planting a garden. This resource is part 3 of a Garden Lesson series. Check out the full series at nourishns.ca/resource/garden-lessons-1-8

What about Weeds?

Whether or not you have a garden, school grounds likely have weeds. This lesson explores dandelions and other weeds found commonly. Learn about the role they play in the ecosystem and deepen the learning experience about local plants. This resource is part 6 of a Garden Lesson series. Check out the full series at nourishns.ca/resource/garden-lessons-1-8

Harvest and Reflection

This lesson goes over harvesting techniques and provides some activities for the end of the season when there is produce to harvest. This resource is part 7 of a Garden Lesson series. Check out the full series at nourishns.ca/resource/garden-lessons-1-8

Putting the Garden to Bed

This lesson is about wrapping up the season of growing. Part of this process is also thinking ahead to the next year. This lesson offers detailed educational activities to deepen the learning experience at the end of the season. This resource is part 8 of a Garden Lesson series. Check out the full series at nourishns.ca/resource/garden-lessons-1-8

Webinar: Starting a School Garden Club

Hear from two educators who have developed successful school garden clubs. We learn about crucial elements such as recruitment, youth engagement and community involvement. The webinar supports the new Grow Eat Learn resource: Guide to Starting a School Garden Club, found at nourishns.ca/resource/guide-to-starting-a-school-garden-club