Looking for Kids Garden Month 2018? 

How has gardening changed your life?

We’re celebrating by bringing you stories of the many ways #GardeningChangesLives. We’ll hear from kids, TV personalities, gardening experts, educators, nutritionists, parents, and, we hope, you!

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#GardeningChangesLives

At KidsGardening, we believe gardening teaches the whole child. Each week of KidsGarden Month we will focus on one of the four main benefits of gardening with kids. 

• Week One: Social emotional benefits of garden based learning with Gabrielle Principe, Psychology professor and department chair, College of Charleston. Author of Your Brain on Childhood

• Week Two: Academic benefits of garden-based learning with David Sobel, senior faculty in Education at Antioch University. Author of Childhood & Nature, Place Based Education, and Beyond Ecophobia

• Week Three: Environmental stewardship benefits of garden based learning with National Wildlife Federation naturalist, Dave Mizejewski

• Week Four: Nutrition and health benefits of garden based learning with Margie Saidel, RD MPH, Chartwells K-12 VP of Nutrition, Culinary & Sustainability