Outdoor Environmental Education Programs

Outdoor Environmental Education → School Gardens

Green Schools 

How to Become a Green School

Resources from MCPS SERT (School Energy and Recycling Team)

Gardens on School Grounds

MCPS Rules and Processes

• Creating Your School Garden
• Creating an Edible Container Garden 

Garden Resources

• USFWS Schoolyard Habitat Project Guide
•  National Wildlife Federation's "How-To Guide" for Schoolyard Habitats®
• MC DEP RainScapes for Schools
• The Kitchen Community's Modular Learning Gardens 
• Kaiser Permanente Community Benefits Grant Information 
• Seeds of Change Gives Back - grants and programs for schools
• Green Education Foundation Monthly Organizer - guidance for managing monthly garden tasks
• MSDE's Practical Guide to Using School Courtyards
• Whole Kids Foundation - grants for school gardens
• University of Maryland Extension - information and classes on school gardens  
• Kids Gardening - resources, supplies, and grants for school gardens
• Eartheasy - container gardens 
• Simple School Wildlife Garden Guide- MD DNR Garden Designs to Benefit Songbirds, Monarchs and Pollinators