After-school program for growing food and nutrition education and outdoor activity. Presentation of planning your schoolyard; program set up with typical session; literature links. Project examples for spring session include strawberries, wheat/bread, bean teepee, tomatillos. Links to online resources.
Garden Adventures Grow Your Food Gardening and Health Program USGBC 2014
1. Grow Your Food Gardening
and Health Program
Mary Van Dyke
US Green Building Council
2014
2. Overview
Introduction
• My Journey
Goals
• Grow Food
• Nutrition Education
• Health and Activity
Garden Adventures Club
• Plan and Site Set Up
• Typical Session
• Project Examples
• Resources
11. Garden ADVENTURES
Typical Session
• Healthy Snack: Produce of the Week
• Story Time
• Nutrition and Garden Education
• Garden Activity
• Observe and Journal
• Take Home
• Outreach to Community
12. • oranges, celery, bananas, avocado, grapes, carrot
s, strawberries, rhubarb, green
veggies, cantaloupe, sunflower
seeds, radishes, pineapple
Healthy Snack
Spring - Produce of the Week
26. Communicate
Face-to-Face and Email
• Communicate with
families before
and after each session
• Train and mentor
volunteers
• Celebrate with
community
• Blog
• Media