“School grounds – spaces of possibility, both for learning and growing.”
School grounds are a space used by different people for different purposes. When creating a new school garden there are important steps to be taken, and decisions to be made, mainly: Surveying and Measuring; Preparing; and Designing and Building
Where a garden space is already available, the focus can simply be on the ‘preparing’ stages – clearing the ground, harvesting and planting.
Links to supporting resources and activities
- Setting up a school garden
- How to set up a School Garden
- Steps to a Classroom Garden
- Draw a map of your garden
- Designing and placing the garden
- Surveying people and the grounds
- Sample surveys
- Soil calculator
- Conversions and materials estimation
- Food growing strategy: Granite City Growing
- School grounds design guide
- Garden design activity sheet
- Garden planner
- English gardens