by Beth Saunders | Oct 2, 2025 | Garden Stories
A small organization with big ideas, the Maine School Garden Network (MSGN) has been carrying out its mission to promote and support youth gardening in Maine since 2002. With over 250 school gardens registered in its online Garden Directory and collaborations with...
by Beth Saunders | Jun 5, 2025 | Garden Stories
When parents and teachers at Granby Elementary in Columbus, OH, formed a garden team in 2017 to develop goals for their school garden, one of their guiding principles was to help make the school more environmentally friendly. “We wanted sustainability to be a theme...
by Beth Saunders | Apr 26, 2024 | Garden Stories
In the heart of Detroit, where asphalt meets earth, a revolution is growing – the Food Warriors Program. Born from the fertile grounds of Nsoroma Institute, this initiative is about more than planting seeds; it's about nurturing souls. As a teacher at Nsoroma, Hanifa...
by Beth Saunders | Mar 6, 2024 | Garden Stories
Jacqueline Briggs Martin is the author of numerous books for children centered around nature, farming, and cooking. Her most recent titles, Farmer Will Allen and the Growing Table, Alice Waters and the Trip to Delicious, Chef Roy Choi and The Street Food Remix, and...
by Beth Saunders | Jan 31, 2024 | Garden Stories
At Borah High School in Boise, Idaho, what started as an outdoor space for science lessons has transformed into a thriving school garden, orchard, and gathering space, all sustained by a dedicated club of students and their advisors known as the Borah Green Team. “The...
by Beth Saunders | Jan 4, 2024 | Garden Stories
Since 2016, the Heritage Citrus Grove and Gardens project in Rialto, California, has planted over five hundred citrus fruit trees across nineteen elementary schools in Rialto Unified School District (RUSD). As the project’s name suggests, growing and harvesting citrus...
