100 Plus Years of Garden-Based Learning

"Out of the Ground" From The Beginner's Garden Book A Text Book for Upper Grammar Grades 1914

​Check out the Chard those kids are holding!! And we thought that our 35 plus years of school garden work at Life Lab was a long time. Browse through these school garden publications from a 100+ years ago! There are some great illustrations and images in many.

The School Garden. A practical contribution to the subject of education - 1879

Children's Gardens for School and Home : A manual of cooperative gardening - 1904

The School Garden Book - 1909

Children's Gardens for Pleasure, Health and Education - 1910

Among School Gardens - 1910

Educational School Gardening and Handwork - 1913

Principles and Practice of School Gardening - 1913

The Beginner's Garden Book; A textbook for the upper grammar grades - 1914

How to Make School Gardens; A manual for teachers and pupils - 1915

Gardening in Elementary City Schools - 1916