Calendrier des semis

Ce calendrier de culture à compléter vous aidera à planifier les semis, les repiquages et les récoltes des différentes plantes de votre jardin. Vous y trouverez également un espace pour noter vos observations et les tâches à accomplir chaque mois de l’année.

Growing Calendar

This fillable growing calendar will help you map out when to seed, transplant and harvest the different plants in your garden. There is also space to track observations and tasks each month of the year.

Winter Sowing

Winter sowing is a fun, easy, hands-on way for students to start pollinator plants, vegetables, and herbs in recycled jugs outdoors in winter, where they sprout in DIY mini greenhouses when conditions are right. This guide provides step-by-step instructions, tips, resources, and a printable handout to support teachers and students.

Grow Your Own Microgreens

This resource shares tips on how to grow your own microgreens and an activity to engage youth in the classroom.

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

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

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

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

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