Foraging with Kids in Mi’kma’ki
A 4-Season Foraging Activity, includes Mi’kmaw plant names, helpful identification tips and recipe ideas for 12 wild foods found in Nova Scotia.
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
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
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
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
Guide to Starting a School Garden Club
This Guide to Starting a School Garden Club is designed to help an educator or extra-curricular facilitator get started with a school-wide garden club at an Elementary school (ages 5 to 12) or Junior High school (13 to 16).
School Garden Resource Guide
There are so many amazing resources beyond Nourish, including funding opportunities for school and community gardens. Check out this external resource guide to find current grant opportunities, amazing curriculum and helpful tools that break down how to garden.
Guide to Greenhouses
This resource can help you make decisions before selecting a greenhouse and location. It also provides helpful information about how to utilize and maintain this garden infrastructure.
Food Literacy Education Guide
Despite food being a tangible, relevant and powerful tool for engaging students, food literacy is an often-neglected component of school food programs. This guide aims to help educators and policy makers see the possibilities of food-based learning – planting seeds of inspiration and providing a better understanding of what food literacy is, and how to incorporate it more holistically into the school, the classroom, and the curriculum. It also provides links to dozens of practical resources: food literacy units and lessons, learning and evaluation tools, best-practice recommendations and more.
Garden Lessons 1-8
A series of 8 lessons on different topics that follow the process of a garden. These lessons offer detailed educational activities to support spending time in and tending to a garden.