Presented by John Fisher, Outreach Director, Life Lab
Sponsored by the National Farm to School Network

View the webinar “Design Ideas for a Fun, Successful Instructional School Garden”

School gardens can range from inspirational outdoor classrooms to neglected lost corners of a school campus.  Smart design, adding interpretive displays and including whimsical effects can go a long way to creating sites that inspire and engage students and teachers.  In this webinar, John Fisher teaches you how to design a fun, successful instructional school garden.  As a Life Lab trainer, school garden parent volunteer, and former designer and garden manager of the Life Lab Garden Classroom, John has seen hundreds of school gardens that range from inspirational to weed patches in need of love.  Whether you are just starting out or looking to expand your garden, this webinar will leave you with a list of ideas to enhance your site.  Topics covered include: art and whimsy, compost bin design, garden signage, bed design and layout, drip irrigation, gathering areas, kitchens and sinks, greenhouses, and repurposing found objects in the garden.  Watch the webinar for fast-paced presentation packed with hundreds of school garden design elements.

Visit the professional learning community Growing School Gardens

About the Community
This online PLC is a place for educators, gardeners, parents, and community volunteers to come together to share information and resources on how to start and maintain a school garden, and integrate it into the curriculum and the life of a school.

The community hosts free monthly webinars and live chats with leaders in the field that are highly engaging and interactive.  Online discussions provide an easy way to continue the conversation and share ideas and experiences with peers across the country, and around the world.

About the Presenter
John Fisher is the Outreach Director and trainer at Life Lab.  Through his work he has visited hundreds of educational gardens, trained thousands of educators, and worked with tens of thousands of children in gardens.  He is a founding member of the California School Garden Network, co-creator of the Creating and Sustaining Your School Garden training model, contributor to various publications, and a proud parent volunteer at his son’s school garden.  His most recent publication which was released in May 2012 is entitled The Book of Gardening Projects for Kids: 101 ways to get KIDS outside, DIRTY, and having FUN.