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School Garden Resources
UGA Extension

Organizations Supporting School Gardens

These organizations provide grant programs, workshops, other educational opportunities, networking, and additional support for school gardens.


Georgia-Based Organizations

Your local Cooperative Extension Office

  • Is staffed with a UGA Extension agent to answer your questions
  • Is the place to go for soil testing
  • Often conducts horticulture or food safety classes

Master Gardeners of Georgia

The Georgia Department of Agriculture


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Athens-Clarke County School Garden Resources

  • Exemplary model of a community school garden network here in Georgia
  • Resources: lesson plans, garden advice, planting charts
  • Subscribe to the Garden to Desk monthly newsletter

Georgia Organics: For Schools

  • Curriculum, field trip ideas, resources for cooking with kids, list of ag-related books (see "Farm to School in the Classroom")
  • Starting and sustaining a garden, planting and harvesting in Georgia, connecting garden and classroom, and using garden produce (see "Edible School Gardens")
  • Food safety info, food prep ideas, and strategies to promote healthy eating among students (see "Farm to School in the Cafeteria")
  • Grant opportunities (see "Funding and Research")
  • Grow Radish Grow: sign up early and GA Organics will send you radish seeds and activities for your school garden in October
  • Subscribe to eBite, the Georgia Farm to School monthly newsletter, for upcoming grant opportunities, school garden tips, and more
  • Houses Georgia Farm to School program and FoodCorps Georgia

The Greenhouse Foundation

  • Ecologically minded lessons, activities, and games - some garden-related
  • Apply to be a Greenhouse partner school

FoodCorps Georgia

  • Like them on Facebook or follow on Twitter to stay up-to-date with school gardens in Georgia and for new ideas to spice up your program

National/ International Organizations

American Community Garden Association

  • Become a member ($65) for access to grant opportunities, discounts on garden supplies, free seeds, online training, discounted conferences, etc.

American Horticultural Society's National Children and Youth Garden Symposium

  • Annual meeting of teachers, leaders, and advocates for school and community gardens, featuring workshops, lectures, and field trips

Captain Planet Foundation©

  • Learning garden curriculum
  • Other classroom resources: planting guides, recipes, cooking demos, newsletters
  • Teacher resources: funding, freebies, model programs, leadership opportunities
  • Grants: small ($500-2500) and special (for STEM application)
  • Videos - Project Learning Garden
  • Conferences and workshops

Edible Schoolyard Project

  • Resources search bar (by grade level, subject, and season): lessons, recipes, fundraising, research, evaluation, etc.
  • Frequent conferences, workshops, webinars
  • ESY Berkeley for middle school
  • ESY Academy -- educator training for teachers, administrators and advocates
  • Join the network -- many Georgia programs are already registered

Growing Power©

  • Conference and workshops
  • (Awesome educational and outreach programs, but based in WI/IL area)

Kidsgardening.org©

  • Grants
  • Lesson plans, curriculum, family gardening activities to send home, technical/educational assistance

National Farm to School Network

  • Resources search bar: school gardens, nutrition education, cooking in schools, networking, conferences, curriculum, research and evaluation, etc.

Nationwide Mortgages

  • A good source with many links about vegetable, flower, and child-based gardens.

Slow Food USA's National School Garden Program

  • RESOURCES: food safety guides, gardening 101, garden library, garden signage, cooking classes, communication, evaluation, teacher training, volunteer resources, and PowerPoint presentations
  • List your program as a Slow Food garden for additional resource access! (Currently no Slow Food school gardens in Georgia, but there are local chapters of Slow Food in Atlanta, Greater Athens, and Savannah)

U.S. Department of Agriculture Farm to School Program

  • Grant opportunities for planning, implementation, support services, and conferences/events