Citysprouts an Effective School Gardening Program!

Citysprouts helps a Cambridge, MA school district create learning gardens in 12 schoolyards, and supports teachers' use of the gardens as a direct extension of their classroom teaching. During the 2008-2009 school year they documented 73% of classroom teachers using the garden at least once. Learn more at www.citysprouts.org

Learn more about regional support networks for school gardens.

"Back Pocket" Garden Activities

Back Pocket Garden Activities (View all ten activities from this player, click the arrows)
The following videos demonstrate what we, here at Life Lab, refer to as "back pocket activities." These are all quick, easy, and highly engaging activities that require minimal preparation. We suggest always having one or more of these activities ready to go (or "in your back pocket") in case your lesson ends a few minutes early, or you have a few kids to keep occupied while the others are finishing a task. From searching for the colors of the rainbow to making jewelry from flowers, the activities featured in these videos can be done again and again, with kids seeing and learning new things each time they do them.

"Food, What?!" Youth Program

Eco Company TV created this video on Life Lab's Spring Afterschool Internship. It aired across the nation on over 100 TV stations. Check out more at Eco Company http://www.eco-company.tv/tvshow/episode-102-organic-growing
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Creating and Sustaining Your School Garden

The Creating and Sustaining Your School Garden (CSYSG) Video Series is a part of the CSYSG Training Model. This workshop has been given to over a thousand educators in California and it includes the California School Garden Network's book Gardens for Learning, participant handouts, and trainer outlines.

These resources can used for those training others on starting school gardens or by those wanting to learn basic garden skills.

View the video and training materials here: http://www.csgn.org/csysgvideo.php

Urban Sprouts Cooking Collard Wontons

Urban Sprouts in action preparing freshly harvested collards into delicious, simple, gourmet snacks!

Worm Composting

Learn to compost with worms. Video goes over selecting a container, starting a worm bin, caring and troubleshooting.

Worm Composting Basics http://www.compostsantacruzcounty.org/Home_Composting/Worm_Composting/index.htm

The Worm Guide: Vermicomposting Guide for Teachers http://www.ciwmb.ca.gov/schools/Curriculum/Worms/default.htm

Additional Worm Composting Links http://www.ciwmb.ca.gov/schools/Links/Garden.htm

http://www.compostsantacruzcounty.org/School_Composting/links.htm

LAUSD High School Gardeners

Life Lab's 30th Birthday

Life Lab turned 30th and we celebrated with a garden party for the community. Check out our cake that was so big that it didn't fit through the door and how the Banana Slug String Band rocked the garden tunes. Learn more about our birthday events throughout the year.