Gardening Resources
Making Newspaper Pots from Life Lab's Growing Classroom
Making Paper Pot Video from Life Lab's Easy School Garden Activity Videos
California School Garden Network www.csgn.org Check out their Let's Get Growing Videos which includes instruction and handouts on transplanting, seeding, bed types, and more.
Bed Prep and Soil Handout
Garden Bed Types Handout
Seeding and Transplanting Handout
CSGN's Gardens for Learning Guide to Creating and Sustaining School Gardens

Year Round Garden Tasks Taken from the Creating and Sustaining Your School Garden Training Resources
Life Lab's School Garden Resources Page

California Department of Education FREE School Garden Resource Packet
Contains over ten items, including Life Lab Science Program's "Getting Started: A Guide for Creating School Gardens as Outdoor Classrooms." California Teachers request your free copy, by sending your mailing address gardengrantQA@cde.ca.gov.

Edible Crop Planning
Choosing Plants and Planting Date Ideas, concepts and resources for planning your edible harvest. Links to crop planning guides and charts
Planning for a School Year Harvest Suggestions for what to plant when
Clyde's Vegetable Planting Slide Chart is a handy, easy to use, vegetable gardening slide chart for the home and hobby gardener. This unique Slide Chart presents gardening events in a "time phased" format so that it is possible to see at a glance the entire vegetable planting, growing and harvesting period.
Visit your region's MasterGardener website 

PowerPoint – What Gardens Look Like - taken from  Power of School Gardens PowerPoint a part of the Creating and Sustaining Your School Garden Training Resources

From Garden to Classroom / Cafeteria
Safety in the Garden handout from the CDE School Garden Resource Packet

Safe Handling of Fruits and Vegetables Brochure 

Composting and Worm Composting Resources
See the Greening Schools Page