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    Outdoor Environmental Education → School Gardens

    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

    Contact Us

    5110 Meadowside Lane
    Rockville 20855

    Phone: 240-740-1404
    Fax: 240-740-4282

    MCPSOutdoors@mcpsmd.org

    Lee Derby, Supervisor

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