HOW TO GROW A SCHOOL GARDEN
HOW TO GROW A SCHOOL GARDEN
Event on 2011-03-12 18:00:00
Saturday March 12 (06:00 PM – 07:30 PM)
Arden Bucklin-Sporer will be at Maple Street Books on Saturday, March 12, 2011, 6:00 P.M. to discuss and sign “How to Grow a School Garden: A Complete Guide for Parents and Teachers,” a book she co-authored with Rachel Pringle. According to Timber Press, this text contains everything one needs to know about getting that garden going, “. . .developing the concept, planning, fund-raising, organizing, designing the space, preparing the site, working with parents and schools, teaching in the garden, planting, harvesting, and even cooking, with kid-friendly recipes and year-round activities.”
Arden’s first foray into the world of green was putting in a butterfly garden at Longview; she lived in NOLA in the late 1980′s and the early 1990′s. She is now the Executive Director of the San Francisco Green Schoolyard Alliance. Rachel is a programs manager for the San Francisco Green Schoolyard Alliance, as well as the urban school garden liaison for Occidental Arts and Ecology Center’s school garden teacher training program in Sonoma County.
PRAISE FOR THE BOOK:
“For decades National Gardening Association has documented the academic, social, and health benefits realized by youth gardening programs. A well-designed school garden program is a tremendously valuable tool to help young people turn book knowledge into experiential knowledge, and “How To Grow A School Garden” is a must have resource for anyone considering embarking on a youth gardening adventure.” -Mike Metallo, President, National Gardening Association
“Finally, it’s here: a practical, concise blueprint for funding, building, planting, and maintaining a school garden. Arden Bucklin-Sporer and Rachel Pringle are veterans of the outdoor classroom, and so they know best how to nurture a child’s inner gardener. How to Grow a School Garden should be required reading for any teacher or parent who truly cares about raising a new generation of healthy eaters.”
-Novella Carpenter, author of “Farm City: the Education of an Urban Farmer”
“How to Grow a School Garden is a valuable tool for creating rich learning experiences and helping children reconnect to the natural world. The guide is comprehensive yet simple to follow and full of inspirational ideas.” -Richard Louv, author of “Last Child in the Woods: Saving Our Children from Nature-Deficit Disorder”
“What a marvelous blueprint How to Grow a School Garden is for school gardeners everywhere. The authors have not only provided an invaluable guide for getting started, they have given us a comprehensive toolkit for growing and sustaining a school garden and a plant and bug based curriculum. As a time when we are at grave danger of boring our naturally curious children with drill and kill memorization, here is a powerful hands-on learning guide that will make learning come alive in the living laboratories of school gardens. Bravo Arden and Rachel for improving the learning landscape, even as you are promoting our children’s health!” -Delaine Eastin, California Superintendent of Public Instruction 1995-2003
“Bucklin-Sporer and Pringle, gardeners and educators, bring extensive personal experience and skill sets to this excellent manual for teachers and parents interested in creating school gardens. With step-by-step tasks, advice on everything from raising funds to garden designs, materials lists, and lesson plans that connect garden activities to curriculums and meeting school standards, this unique guide paves the way for getting a garden off the ground, so to speak, in a yearlong overview that covers ideas for building planting beds, delicious recipes, and composting. The bounty of information is presented in ways that will generate excitement and provide inspiration for teachers and their volunteer partners. Bucklin-Sporer and Pringle are also comprehensive in their approach to providing much needed guidance for communities and schools that have already embarked on creating school gardens, yet require assistance in moving forward. And for those new to the concept, the authors will awaken readers to the critical aspects of teaching children organic-gardening principles, the delights and solace of the gardening experience, and how to nurture a child’s understanding of ecology.” -Alice Joyce, Booklist
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