School Garden Training Sample Syllabus

Breakfast                      7:30-8:15 am
Harvesting                    8:15-8:45 am
Morning Session         9:00-Noon
Lunch                           12:30-1:30 pm
Afternoon Session    1:45-5:30 pm
Dinner                           6:00-7:00 pm
Eve Session                  7:30-9:00 pm

MONDAY
8:00-8:45 am - ARRIVAL AND CHECK-IN
Introductions and program overview
Tour of site, gardens and backcountry
Lunch
Plant ID and properties
Elements of organic gardening
Dinner
Biodiversity of the vegetable world

TUESDAY
Breakfast
Harvesting from the garden
Crop planning, planting calendar, propagation
Curriculum connections
Lunch
Proper Use of Hand tools
Bed prep and planting in the garden
Dinner
Virtual tour of school gardens

WEDNESDAY
Breakfast
Botany of seed collection in the garden
Recycling and Vermiculture
Lunch
Seed saving and curriculum links
Seed screen project/team building
Dinner
Skills for working together

THURSDAY (Field Trip)
Breakfast
Overview of Salmon Creek program, cooking and nutrition
Prepare and share lunch at site
Networking resources
Intro to Permaculture and project
Dinner
NIGHT OFF!

FRIDAY
Breakfast
Art in the garden
Lunch
Next steps for school teams
Follow up support, evaluation and closing, seed exchange
4:00 pm DEPARTURE