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School Food Forests

Imagine a vibrant edible forest at school that mimics the natural ecology of the local land and incorporates permaculture, regenerative agriculture and native foodways to allow for food to grow abundantly! Come hear from two different programs on opposite ends of the United States, the Education Fund in Miami and Growing Healthy Kids in the East Bay Area of California, on how they are designing, implementing and maintaining programs just like this.

This webinar is hosted in partnership with the National Farm to School Network and will be for 1 hour and 15 minutes with 1 hour of content and 15 minutes of questions at the end.

This webinar will be recorded and archived on the Recording Library section of our Webinars page.

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Member Highlight: Sister Terri Ali

Member spotlight Sister Terri Ali Farmer Firdous Community Garden at Mohammed Schools of Atlanta – Atlanta, GA Read on for an interview with Sister Terri Ali of Mohammed Schools of Atlanta in Atlanta, GA focused on how their school garden is in relationship with their local community, allowing them to

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Member Highlight: Travus Maloney

Member spotlight Travus Maloney Education Manager and Goodman Youth Farm Manager Rooted – Madison, WI Read on for an interview with Travus focused on how the Goodman Youth Farm partners with their local food pantry at the Goodman Community Center. If you’d like to ask Travus additional questions or share your best

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How to Structure Impactful School Garden Professional Development

Webinar Archive How To Structure Impactful School Garden Professional Development –June 21, 2023   From full day workshops to short mini trainings, there are many ways to provide in-person professional development to teachers and educators so that they can confidently conduct garden-based education. This webinar dives into two methods: professional

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2024 Growing School Gardens Summit- Discover & Learn

Webinar Archive 2024 GROWING SCHOOL GARDENS SUMMIT – DISCOVER & LEARN –May 25, 2023   Learn all about the 2024 Growing School Gardens Summit, hosted by the Sprouts Healthy Communities Foundation in partnership with Life Lab and the SGSO Network.   We had a blast last year in Denver and

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District-Led School Garden Programs – Engaging your Community

Webinar Archive District-Led School Garden Programs Part 2: Engaging your Community –May 24, 2023 This is the 2nd of a two part webinar series focusing on school district-wide school garden programs led by school district staff and the unique opportunities and challenges they face. Part 1 focused on organization and

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District-Led School Garden Programs – Organization & Management

Webinar Archive District-Led School Garden Programs Part 1: Organization & Management– April 19, 2023 This is the 1st of a two part webinar series focusing on school district-wide school garden programs led by school district staff and the unique opportunities and challenges they face. This webinar focused on the organization

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Non-Linear Garden Design as an Identity Affirming Garden Practice

Webinar Archive Non-Linear Garden Design as an Identity Affirming Practice – March 15, 2023 From the chinampas of Mexico, to the terraced gardens in Asia & companion planting practices around the world, our ancestors point the way to designs that circumvent tidy row cropping most common in gardens. By exploring nonlinear

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Decolonizing Garden Education

Webinar Archive Decolonizing Garden Education – February 15, 2023 The global Covid-19 pandemic created multiple challenges and tragedies and changed the way many of us operate professionally and personally. It also highlighted the importance of being outdoors and learning from the land. It forced us in garden education to rethink

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Music In the Garden

Webinar Archive Music in the Garden – January 18, 2023 This webinar demonstrates how to incorporate multi-sensory musical experiences into your school garden curriculum. Symon Hajjar of Hot Toast Music Co. shares songs and lesson ideas, and facilitates discussion about how to take advantage of the integrated learning opportunities found

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