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Garden Education

GARDEN EDUCATION RESOURCES

For people of all ages, gardening can be an important way to learn, collaborate, and find comfort. In our School Overnight Program, we’ve seen firsthand the power that gardening has to help children foster social and emotional well-being, gain a greater understanding of ecological principles, develop problem-solving skills, and explore issues of food equity and stewardship.

Incorporating NGSS Into Garden Education

These short, interactive videos, created in partnership with Olympic ESD and OSPI’s ClimeTime initiative, give specific strategies and examples to incorporate the Next Generation Science Standards into your teaching by using the garden as a site for problem-solving.

Armin Jahr students pick herbs in the garden.

The Case of the Crummy Soil

In this video, IslandWood educators Ben Berrick and Jen P...

The Case of the Nibbled Beans

In this video, IslandWood educators Ben Berrick and Jen P...

Garden Educator Mónica Mesquita in the garden with School Overnight Program students.

Gardening Tips and Tricks

These videos from IslandWood’s Garden Educator, Jen Prodzinski, give useful tips and strategies to help you guide your students in planting a garden of their own, whether it’s in a schoolyard, backyard, shared neighborhood garden, or pot in the window!

How to Plant Seeds Perfectly Every Time

Did you know that seeds can tell you how to plant them?

Planting Techniques for Your Garden

Scatter-sowing, planting in rows, starts, seeds, and more!

Everything You Need to Plan (and Plant!) Your Garden!

You don’t need a big space or special tools to plant a ga...

IslandWood acknowledges that we live and work on the ancestral land of the Coast Salish people, who have been stewards of this region's land and waters since time immemorial, and who continue to protect these lands and waters for future generations, as promised by the Point Elliott Treaty of 1855, the Treaty of Point No Point of 1855, and the Treaty of Medicine Creek of 1854.

While the majority of our work takes place on Suquamish (suq̀ʷabš) and Duwamish (dxʷdɐwʔabʃ) land, we also conduct programs on the land of the Snohomish (sduhúbʃ), Puyallup (spuyaləpabš), Muckleshoot (buklshuhls), Skokomish (sqoqc’bes), and S’Klallam (nəxʷsƛ̕ay̕əm) peoples.

IslandWood is a registered 501(c)(3) charitable organization. Our tax ID number is 31-1654076.

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