School Gardens with Ease
Discover how to effortlessly integrate school gardens into your elementary or middle school curriculum with the School Gardens with Ease Podcast. This podcast is your go-to resource for creating flourishing and productive food gardens that provide long-term educational benefits. Learn tips, strategies, and insights to help you grow and maintain a sustainable school garden that enhances your teaching and inspires students for years to come.
Episodes
21 episodes
20: The Biggest Mistake in Gardening Lesson Plans—And How to Fix It!
In this episode of School Gardens with Ease, host Leila Mireskandari reveals the biggest mistake teachers make when writing or finding gardening lesson plans. Spoiler alert: it's all about how you approach them!Leila explains th...
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19: The Biggest Mistake Teachers Make When Starting a School Garden
In this episode, Leila dives into the single biggest mistake teachers make when starting a school garden. Drawing from over a decade of experience working with hundreds of teachers, Leila reveals why trying to grow a garden outside of class tim...
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18: 5 School Garden Myths That Are Holding You Back
In this episode of School Gardens with Ease, Leila Mireskandari takes a step back from technical tips to bust the biggest myths about growing a school garden. If you've been overwhelmed by the idea of starting a garden at your school, ...
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17: Skip the Confusion: Plant Seeds Like a Pro in Your School Garden
In today’s episode, we're breaking down one of the most confusing aspects of gardening for many teachers: planting seeds. If you’ve ever felt overwhelmed by the timing, spacing, or whether to plant seeds indoors or outdoors, this episode...
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16: Fall & Winter Classroom Gardening Ideas – Easy, Fun Activities for Students
In this episode of School Gardens with Ease, Leila shares creative and engaging gardening activities perfect for fall and winter. Even without an outdoor garden, you can bring greenery and food-growing projects into your classroom ...
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15: Unlock Cost-Saving Design Secrets for Your School Garden Pitch: Permaculture Techniques and Budgeting Tips Every Teacher Needs to Know
In this final installment of our series on pitching your annual vegetable school garden, we're diving deep into two essential topics that will take your garden proposal to the next level: cost-effective garden design and budgeting strategies.
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14: Mastering the "When" and "Where" of Your School Garden Proposal: Practical Steps for a Seamless Integration
In Episode 14 of the School Gardens with Ease podcast, Leila Mireskandari continues her deep dive into crafting a winning proposal for your school’s annual vegetable garden project. This episode is a must-listen for teachers ready to t...
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13: Crafting the Ultimate School Garden Lesson Plans: Ensuring Educational Impact and Budget Success
In Episode 13 of the School Gardens with Ease podcast, host Leila Mireskandari continues her insightful series on how to pitch and plan your annual vegetable school garden project. This episode focuses on one of the most crucial aspect...
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12: Crafting a Winning School Garden Proposal: The Detailed Plan & What to Grow
In Episode 12 of the School Gardens with Ease podcast, your host Leila Mireskandari continues the essential discussion on creating a compelling proposal for your annual vegetable school garden project. This episode is part 2 of the ser...
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11: Crafting a Convincing School Garden Proposal (Part 1)
n this episode of the "School Gardens with Ease" podcast, host Leila Mireskandari dives into the first part of a crucial topic: how to create a compelling proposal for an educational food garden at your school. This episode, the first in a mult...
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10: How NOT to engage your community in your school garden project.
In this episode we will talk about how not to engage your community in your school garden project and how to do it properly and at the right time.This goes against the grain but is something we should talk about.My Recommended List ...
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9: Did you get a garden thrown at you?
In this episode we will talk about what to do if you were given an old garden and was told to take over, revive and use it. Or if you discovered an old garden and decided to take over, revive and use it.My Recommended List of Seeds for ...
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8: Who Should Grow the School Garden?
In this episode we answer the question, who should grow the school garden.Cause it seems like a lot of work and those who do it seem to struggle a lot. Should it be the teachers? The parents? Vendors and Community Partners?My Recomm...
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Episode 8
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7: The Amazing Classroom Gardens of Your Dreams
Classroom gardens are underrated.More teachers should grow them and more people should talk about them. So let's talk about them in this episode:Here are the links I mentioned in this episode:My Recommended List of Seeds for...
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Episode 7
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6: Are School Gardens Overrated?
In this episode let's talk about how overrated outdoor school gardens and those expensive equipment indoor gardens are!How inaccessible and out of reach they are to most teachers and how unfair it is that majority of students don't have the...
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Episode 6
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5: All about Watering your School Garden in Summer - Summer Maintenance Part 2
In this episode we focus on the most important summer maintenance chore, watering.Here are the links and downloads I promise you in the episode:Watering Chest Guide:
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Episode 5
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4: School Garden Summer Maintenance
In this episode of School Gardens with Ease podcast we focus on the topic of summer maintenance.Here are the two downloads that I promise you in this episode.Guide to a School Garden with Almost No Summer Maintenance:
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Episode 4
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3: Community Gardens vs. School Gardens Part 2
In this episode, we will continue to discuss the difference between Community Gardens and School Gardens and why you should never pitch the idea of a school garden as a community garden.As this is Part 2 of this topic, I encourage you t...
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Episode 3
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2: Community Gardens vs. School Gardens
In this episode, we will discuss the difference between Community Gardens and School Gardens and why you should never pitch the idea of a school garden as a community garden.
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Episode 2
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1: Why the School Gardens with Ease Podcast
In this episode we get into the story behind School Gardens with East podcast, why you might wanna listen to it as a teacher, and how it could help you.In case you are interested in following this work elsewhere or are interested in get...
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Episode 1
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