GROW LOCAL

School Garden Curriculum

Garden Basics/Plants

• Junior Master Gardener Teacher Leader Guide (Elementary, Middle)
• Junior Master Gardener Handbook (Elementary, Middle)
• The Budding Botanist, AIMS Center for Math & Science Education (3rd to 6th)
• Primarily Plants, AIMS Center for Math & Science Education (K-3rd)

Cooking

• Kids in the Kitchen, Sara Cotner (Early Elementary)
• Children’s Kitchen Garden, Georgeanne Brennan (Early Elementary)
• Cooking with Children, Lynn Walters (Kinder-8th)

Food

• Learn Grow Eat Go, Junior Master Gardener (3rd – 6th)
• Health and Nutrition, Junior Master Gardener (Elementary)

Subjects

• Math in the Garden, Jennifer White (Elementary, Middle)
• Literature in the Garden, Junior Master Gardener (Elementary, Middle)
• Growing Food, Columbia University (Elementary)

Training Items

• Rolling cart for trainings
• Easel for trainings

Teaching Garden & Classes

Bat House:

• http://www.austinbatworks.com/Bat-Houses.html

Worm Bin:

• http://www.hayneedle.com/product/cascadewormfactory360wormcomposter.cfm

Garden Tools:

• http://www.johnnyseeds.com/tools-supplies/long-handled-tools/5%22-stirrup-hoe-9500.html?cgid=long-handled-tools#sz=18&start=19

• http://www.johnnyseeds.com/tools-supplies/hand-tools/cobrahead-long-handle-precision-weeder%2Fcultivator-9809.html?cgid=hand-tools#start=1

• http://www.johnnyseeds.com/tools-supplies/harvesting-tools/lettuce-field-knife-9177.html?cgid=harvesting-tools#sz=18&start=1

• http://www.johnnyseeds.com/tools-supplies/harvesting-tools/stainless-steel-produce-knife-9786.html?cgid=harvesting-tools#sz=18&start=1

Honeybee Observation Hive:

• https://www.dadant.com/catalog/gs4006-5-frame-observation-hive?utm_source=google_shopping&gclid=CJ-roomLz9ACFYERgQod-eECbA

Children’s Literature for Library and Field Trips

• The Gardener - David Small
• Brother Eagle, Sister Sky – Susan Jeffers
• Plantzilla – Jerdine Nolen
• Tops and Bottoms – Janet Stevens
• Ghost Wings - Barbara Joosse
• The Ugly Vegetables – Grace Lin
• I Will Never Not Ever Eat a Tomato – Lauren
• The Vegetables We Eat – Gail Gibbons
• Two Old Potatoes and Me – John Coy
• Corn is Maize – Aliki
• Where the Butterflies Grow – Joanne Ryder
• In the Garden with Dr. Carver – Susa Grigsby
• Miss Rumphius – Barbara Cooney
• Shanleya’s Quest – Thomas Elpel
• Diary of a Worm (Spider, Fly) - Doreen Cronin
• A Seed is Sleepy – Dianna Hutts Aston
• A Nest is Noisy – Diana Hutts Aston
• A Butterfly is Patient – Dianna Hutts Aston
• Shelterwood – Susan Hand Shetterly
• The Tree That Time Built – Mary Ann Hoberman
• Jack’s Garden – Henry Cole

FARM DIRECT

• 4 new LTE enabled iPads for markets/Double Dollars (they are in the budget, but free is also good).

• Yard games for markets

• Gas cards

THE HAPPY KITCHEN

• A “Hula Hoe” and hand weed tools for the garden

• 5-10 coloring books

• 10-15 jars of playdough

• Stickers for kids

• Quiet toys for kids ages 3-5 (sets of blocks, finger puppets, board books)

• 8 potato mashers

• 8 pitchers

• Latex and non-latex gloves

• KitchenAid Food Grinder attachment for mixer

• Heavy-bottom saucepans and sauté pans, like All-clad or Calphalon (not non-stick)

• Enameled cast iron cookware, all sizes

• Liquid measuring cups (1,2 and 4-cup sizes)

• Pickle crocks (for storage/display or for making pickles)

• Cooling racks

• Trivets/hot pads

• Silicone spatulas

• Digital food thermometers

SFC-WIDE

• Camera with a tri-pod
• Printing services for display materials
• Local food business gift certificates