Common Vision Fruit Tree Planting

Fruit Tree Tour episode of the show Natural Heroes won an emmy. The award-winning show was based on the DVD Planting the Vision. The special episode aired on PBS across the nation. This award is a huge tribute to programs like Natural Heroes and the featured groups that are working for positive change. Common Vision hopes many more people will see the show and be inspired to plant a tree in their community!

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Watch a 6-minute trailer for the DVD "Planting the Vision" below.

Carthay Center School Garden of Possibliities

See the transformation of the Carthay Center Elementary School Garden (Los Angeles)from an asphalt slab to a thriving garden.

Growing Chefs

Discover some Vancouver chefs have decided to share their love of food - and growing it from scratch with some eager young apprentices at local elementary schools. Take a look at Living Vancouver

The Power of School Gardens

This presentation was created as an introduction to CSGN's Creating and Sustaining Your School Garden Workshop. It can be downloaded, along with other CSYSG workshop materials at: http://www.csgn.org/page.php?id=75

Kids in the Garden

15-Program DVD Series Wacky, wild and full of wonder, Kids in the Garden is a colorful new series for young gardeners that will inspire kids to get their hands dirty. Join Nick Hardcastle as he puts the fun in fungi, makes a mini terrarium jungle, and acts like a vegetable allowing young viewers to discover just how strange and intriguing gardening can be.

These Programs encourage environmental stewardship and promote a healthy lifestyle while the kids (and adults) enjoy discovering the science of our natural world. Each program includes hands on activities with project lists and are closed captioned.

The Garden School Foundation

A 10 minute video on the creation of a school garden project at the 24th Street Elementary School in Los Angeles. Students and adults comment on the transformation of an asphalt slab to a garden project. View video at their website.

Who: The Garden School Foundation is a coalition of citizens, businesses, and community organizations. Our founding members include chef Nancy Silverton, teacher Linda Slater, principal Grace Yoon, designer Karen Haas, United Neighborhood Council representative Marva Maxey, the garden design firm Nancy Goslee Power & Associates, and La Brea Bakery.

What: A community partnership with Los Angeles Unified School District dedicated to bringing verdant traffic buffers, sports facilities, native gardens, science gardens, kitchen gardens, and teaching kitchens to public schools.

Where: Our prototype is 24th Street Elementary School in central Los Angeles.

Why: Because schools should be like parks not prisons; the best way to learn about good food is to grow it; and children have to know nature to love it.

When: Negotiations with the district began in September 2003, a partnership was struck in 2004, and a temporary courtyard teaching garden was dug by Garden School Foundation volunteers, teachers, and students in May 2005. Construction on the main yard, with LAUSD following a prototype plan developed by Nancy Goslee Power & Associates, began in January 2006. The half-acre teaching garden is currently being developed. Students are planting vegetables and the designers are finalizing plans to include a garden shed, council circles, and straw paths throughout the space. A kitchen classroom will be created by adapting an old LAUSD bungalow with support of the local catering community.

From Grey to Green

From Grey to Green - A video about San Francisco schools and the desire to go from asphalt to outdoor classrooms. Created by the San Francisco Green Schoolyard Alliance http://sfgreenschools.org/greytogreen.html

The San Francisco Green Schoolyard Alliance (SFGSA) is San Francisco’s premiere Green Schoolyard advocacy organization, offering access to resources and educational support for San Francisco public school communities who are working to create outdoor learning environments on school grounds.