Design Your School Garden Space

Our Resources

• GARDENS FOR LEARNING: Chapter 5 - Designing Your School Garden

Online Garden Design Resources

• At Life Lab you can view our School Garden Photo Albums and Design Webinar for design ideas and inspiration.

• View Life Lab’s Garden Classroom Educational Elements which lists resources and ideas to replicate in your educational garden.

• Getting Started: A Guide for Creating School Gardens as Outdoor Classrooms covers choosing your site, selecting garden elements, and stocking your outdoor classroom, in English and Spanish (created by Life Lab and Center for Ecoliteracy)

• Plant a Seed, Watch it Grow covers Selecting Your Site based on size, sunlight, water, soil, drainage, and security;  Garden Design based on your needs for pathways, common spaces, planting beds, potting areas, compost areas, storage and ADA Accessibility. (created by the Master Gardener Association of San Diego County)

Published Books on School Garden Design

• Schoolyard Mosaics: Designing Gardens and Habitats by Eve Pranis and Amy Gifford

• Steps to a Bountiful Kids’ Garden by Amy Gifford, Spanish edition available

• Asphalt to Ecosystems: Design Ideas for Schoolyard Transformation by Sharon Danks

• How to Grow a School Garden: A Complete Guide for Parents and Teachers by Arden Bucklin-Sporer and Rachel Kathleen Pringle