Thinking Outside the Planter Box Growing Your School
Thinking Outside the Planter Box: Growing Your School and Community Gardens
Thinking Outside the Planter Box: Growing Your School and Community Gardens On behalf of the California Department of Social Services, the California Department of Public Health Nutrition Education and Obesity Prevention Branch, UC Cal. Fresh, California Department of Aging, and Catholic Charities of California, we are pleased to welcome you to the California SNAP-Ed training: Thinking Outside the Planter Box: Growing Your School and Community Gardens
Welcome and Introductions
Tell us…We Want to Know!
Training Goal and Learning Objectives Goal: Provide the knowledge, skills and resources to plan, design, implement and sustain an edible school and community garden that is built on community involvement and support. 1. Recall the history of community gardens and explain the role of SNAP-Ed implementing agencies 2. Develop strategies to sub-grantees in building diverse and inclusive school and community gardens 3. Design a garden based lesson or activity for school age children 4. Plan and design a community garden that will be beneficial to your community 5. Describe how to connect with additional resources and funding
Gardens Build Healthy Communities
The Community Garden
Agency Support On your post it notes, write your thoughts…
Success! Community Gardening in Riverside
California’s Climate Impact
Knowing What to Grow
Decisions, Decisions
Produce Suggestions
Physical Activity Break!
The SNAP-Ed Role in Gardening
What is SNAP-Ed Allowable?
Growing Our Children Well
Success! Revitalizing Preschool Gardens in Oakland
Success! Revitalizing Preschool Gardens in Oakland
Four Pillars of School Gardens Environmental Stewardship A Healthy Lifestyle Community and Social Development Academic Achievement
Environmental Stewardship • Through gardening, kids become responsible caretakers • Understand their natural world • Gardening instills respect and appreciation for nature into adulthood
A Healthy Lifestyle • Youth learn about eating healthy foods and physical activity • A garden program increases produce accessibility • Creates opportunities to teach children what they should be eating, in a hands on way
Physical Activity and Gardening
Community and Social Development • Gardens create the opportunity for a collaborative work • Learn negative consequences • Builds self esteem and pride • Beautiful school grounds • Builds a lifelong activity
Academic Achievement Science, mathematics, history, social science, Englishlanguage arts, and visual and performing arts are all of the subjects that could be enhanced with a gardening program.
Getting Schooled
School Garden Benefits • Focus and patience • Confidence booster • Everyone can blossom! • Hands on learning • Healthy kids! • School is beautified • What graffiti and vandalism?
Lesson Plan Lookup
Success! Soil Day at Little Chico Creek
Success! Soil Day at Little Chico Creek
Lunch
Physical Activity Break!
Building Community Partnerships
Partnership Mapping
Four Joint Use Agreements in California
Joint Use Agreements 1. Opening Outdoor School Facilities for Use During Non-School Hours 2. Opening Indoor and Outdoor School Facilities for Use During Non-School Hours 3. Opening School Facilities for Use During Non. School Hours & Authorizing Third Parties to Operate Programs 4. Joint Use of District and City Recreation Facilities
For more information, please contact: Chioko Grevious, Training Consultant Chioko. grevious@cdph. ca. gov
This material was produced by institutions that represent SNAPEd in California, known as Cal. Fresh, with funding from USDA SNAP-Ed. These institutions, the California Department of Social Services, the California Department of Public Health, UC Cal. Fresh, California Department of Aging, and Catholic Charities of California, are equal opportunity providers and employers. Cal. Fresh provides assistance to low-income households and can help buy nutritious food for better health. For Cal. Fresh information, call 1 -877 -847 -3663.
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