School Garden Toolkit & Resources

Take your teaching outside

The LCNN Partners can help you learn how to create inspiring spaces that encourage discovery and wonder, as well as how to successfully build outdoor learning opportunities

Seeds for education

Seeds for education

child holding three fir cones

Reducing barriers to learning outside

LCNN partners and community collect and sort seeds each fall.

Join us at one of our events to get free seeds for your class!

Vancouver Public School’s Ogden Elementary school has several learning landscapes and gardens. Check it out!

Teacher Melissa Springer answers our questions about what it takes to use and teach in a school garden. She shares a passion for getting kids outdoors and the impacts it has. Learn about the different types of gardens and why it is important to get kids outside learning.

Helping school communities explore nature