School garden

Make these fun crafty projects to add colour to your garden, from gumboots planters, veggie patch tags and painted pots, you'll sure find a fun project to create!

Garden Chess Board: I wanted to teach my kiddos to play chess, and we had an empty corner in our small garden. We also wanted them to spend as much time outside as possible. Therefore a large chess board outside seemed to be a good idea. The whole thing is 1m x 1m big …

We've had a lovely warm sunny day today, one that caused us to venture out into the garden and have a look around at all the spring work we ...

How to start a garden at your school and resources to incorporate it into your classroom curriculum.

The plant kingdom offers such a wealth of sensory opportunities. Plants come in all sorts of shapes, colors, sizes, with seemingly infinite fragrances and tastes.

Our school has an Outdoor Learning Committee that I am a part of. We all feel very strongly that the environment where the children play outside is just as important as the environment inside our school. We have worked hard to make our playground an area where the kids can run, exercise explore and yes...learn! Outside play plays an important role in children's development! They are working gross motor muscles and getting must needed exercise. They learn how to solve problems such as when…

Artist and gardener Julia Sherman takes her lunchtime inspiration from The Getty Museum's garden.

How to build a low-cost DIY Water Wall with recycled bottles. Easy, inexpensive summer fun for kids!

Inspired by a similar idea in pinterest, I found a round wooden table top at the local home improvement store-perfect! My son-in-law burned a tic-tac-toe grid o…