School Garden Kicks Off with Celebrity
Taking Math to the GardenIt started with a math lesson. A very boring math lesson.Educator Sonya Harris was trying to get a concept to stick. And the thing that got it to stick was the garden.A non-gardener, she saw how it could help kids take in ideas. But she wasn’t sure where to start once she got buy-in from the principal to make a garden. So she did it with a fun celebrity event. We talk about:* Launching the school garden with a “yard-crashing” event featuring an HGTV star* Bringing the classroom to the garden — and the garden to the classroom* Creating The Bullock Garden Project (https://www.bullockgardenproject.org) to help other educators start gardens* Funding the non-profit project with a for-profit seed company, Garden Teachers Yard (https://gardenteachersyard.com)* Resources for educators who want to incorporate gardening into the curriculum
The revised fig book is now on Kickstarter
The special hardcover edition of Grow Figs Where You Think You Can’t and registration for the October 15 and 22 Fig Camp are available now. A lower-priced softcover will follow this fall.
See the book and Fig Camp options.
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The special hardcover edition of Grow Figs Where You Think You Can’t and registration for the October 15 and 22 Fig Camp are available now. A lower-priced softcover will follow this fall.
See the book and Fig Camp options.
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Taking Math to the Garden
It started with a math lesson. A very boring math lesson.
Educator Sonya Harris was trying to get a concept to stick. And the thing that got it to stick was the garden.
A non-gardener, she saw how it could help kids take in ideas. But she wasn’t sure where to start once she got buy-in from the principal to make a garden.
So she did it with a fun celebrity event.
We talk about:
- Launching the school garden with a “yard-crashing” event featuring an HGTV star
- Bringing the classroom to the garden — and the garden to the classroom
- Creating The Bullock Garden Project to help other educators start gardens
- Funding the non-profit project with a for-profit seed company, Garden Teachers Yard
- Resources for educators who want to incorporate gardening into the curriculum
