GROW

Help your students create an easy-to-build & even easier-to-maintain thriving garden.

To compliment the GROW section of your Learn, Grow, Eat & Go! curriculum, the new resources below will support your class’s garden thriving garden project.

You can also register you class for free by clicking the link below. This allows JMG to know you are using the curriculum and we can better support your efforts!

REGISTER YOUR CLASS FOR FREE
PURCHASE LEARN, GROW, EAT & GO!

Quick & Easy School Garden Kit, p.118 With the help of one volunteer with a
drill, you class’s garden can be built in
just 45 minutes. Garden Planting Chart, p.27 Students do the work filling the
kid-created, raised bed garden. Garden Planting Chart, p.27 Students know when should you plant seeds
and when should you use transplants.

Teacher Resources

The Resources below are referenced in Learn, Grow, Eat & GO! and support your class’s Grow component.

Contact Your Local County Extension Office to learn which vegetables your class can grow this season

Home Sweet Home Worksheet (printable page from WEEK4: Learn, Grow, Eat & GO!)

Solarizing Your Garden What to do with an unused garden during the summer

Contributed Planning Material

Schoolwide Garden Planning Checklist (contributed by DCMGA)

Easy Gardening Series

Each publication covers site selection, soil preparation, fertilizing, varieties, planting, care during the season, insects, diseases, harvesting, serving and cleanup for the following types of vegetables:

Videos

Building a Cylinder Garden – English video / Video en Español

Vegetable Lifecycles:

Other AgriLife Resources

Sustainable Gardening: Outdoor Learning Environments for Texas Schools