34: Let’s Write Those Gardening Lesson Plans (Part 2)

Welcome back to School Gardens with Ease! In this episode, we’re diving into part 2 of writing effective lesson plans for your school garden project. If you haven’t listened to Episode 33 yet, make sure to go back and do that first! It’s packed with essential information on how to map out the tasks required to grow a garden with your students.

This episode focuses on how to turn garden tasks into step-by-step activity guides that make gardening fun, hands-on, and educational. I also share how we’ve structured the lesson plans inside the Oasis programs to connect gardening activities with key curriculum concepts. 🌻

What You’ll Learn in This Episode:

✅ Why you should start with garden tasks and build lesson plans around them
✅ The difference between activity guides and full lesson plans
✅ How to create a 10-15 week program to grow a garden during class time
✅ The key concepts students should learn, from germination and soil health to the water cycle and biodiversity
✅ Ways to make learning fun and practical through hands-on activities like building water filters, sundials, and sub-irrigated planters
✅ How to incorporate science, geography, history, math, language, and arts into your garden lesson plans

Why This Approach Works:

Creating a school garden is about more than just growing food, it’s about helping students build a deep connection with nature while making core subjects engaging and tangible. 🌎 By using gardening as a tool for learning, you’re showing students that what they learn in class has real-world applications.

To find out more about our Oasis Series of Lesson Plan Packages and Programs go HERE:
https://www.kidsgrowingcity.ca/links-oasis-programs