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The Classroom Gardener is a collaborative project between Room To Play Educational Consulting and Victory Gardens Vancouver. Our consultations and curated kits offer practical school garden expertise for non-profits, government agencies, community partners, school districts, and university faculties.

The Classroom Gardener offers researched and responsive whole system thinking with proven solutions for start up, maintenance, enhanced use, and seasonal frustrations associated with school garden use. We offer comprehensive and relevant pedagogical applications that support the daily practice of education professionals to ensure school gardens become beloved and shared spaces of cross-curricular learning within a school community.

Themes
  • Art
  • Climate Change and Sustainability
  • Diversity Equity Inclusion
  • Early Learning
  • Elementary
  • Environmental Education
  • Habitats and Ecosystems
  • Inquiry-Based Learning
  • Language
  • Lesson Plan
  • Loose Parts Play
  • Math
  • Nature Based Education
  • Outdoor Learning
  • Physical Education
  • Place-Based Education
  • Professional Development
  • Risky Play
  • Science
  • Social Studies
  • Unit Plan
Offerings
  • Consultation Services
  • Grants/Funding
  • In-Person Programs/Field Trips
  • Professional Development/Learning
  • Resources and/or Activity Ideas

Mission

The Classroom Gardener is a collaborative project between Room To Play Educational Consulting and Victory Gardens Vancouver. Our consultations and curated kits offer practical school garden expertise for non-profits, government agencies, community partners, school districts, and university faculties.
The Classroom Gardener offers researched and responsive whole system thinking with proven solutions for start up, maintenance, enhanced use, and seasonal frustrations associated with school garden use. We offer comprehensive and relevant pedagogical applications that support the daily practice of education professionals to ensure school gardens become beloved and shared spaces of cross-curricular learning within a school community.

Key Resources

Curated kits for garden learning are available through the Outdoor Learning Store here: https://outdoorlearningstore.com/product/looking-closely-outdoor-learning-kit/
See also :
- https://theclassroomgardener.com/kits-for-school-gardeners/
- https://theclassroomgardener.com/services
A ten part series that is FREE for elementary school teachers is available online. Each month we will review timely tasks that help keep gardens growing, as well as specific curricular connections, and practical management tips for teaching outdoors. Registration is available here: https://vandusengarden.org/learn/teacher-pro-d/

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Take Me Outside is a charitable organization in Canada (Registration Number: 85069 5206 RR0001).