Garden Teaching Resources

Aloha from the Big Island for the 3rd and final time this Saturday, 

In response to some questions from a few of you regarding teaching in the garden, I just wanted to post some resources that relate to gardening with students. 

1) Kokua Foundation: http://kokuahawaiifoundation.org/resources/educators/ 

      This is Jack Johnson's foundation that sponsors some wonderful scholarships/grants/events around the state to support school gardens and sustainable school practices in general. They have lots of mini grants for environmental projects/field trips that I have applied for and receive in the past. Also some great online resources.

2) Kohala Center- Hawaii Island School Garden Network: http://www.kohalacenter.org/HISGN/curriculum.html

I am highly involved with this program and helped to develop the curriculum/resources on this page. The woman who runs this program, Nancy Redfeather, is simply dynamite. We have posted some lessons and are working to create a standards aligned curriculum. 

3) Ku Aina Pa: http://kohalacenter.org/teachertraining/about.html

Also sponsored by the Kohala Center, this is the Garden Teacher Certification training I just completed. I highly recommend this program. Although registration for cohort 2 has passed, I am sure you could register for cohort 3 which will begin next June. 

Hope some of these links are interesting and useful!

Hayley