Managing Your School Garden

Managing a School Garden? Let’s make it easy! Managing a school garden may seem like a lot of work, but we are here to make it easier. Use our communication tools below to coordinate with key groups in your school – your Garden Team, teachers & staff, and family & community volunteers. We have compiled an array of resources to help you get started in school garden management:

Garden Teams coordinate engagement and garden care at each school: Organize and coordinate your efforts as a garden team.

Your Garden Team
Learning Garden Models for School Engagement
Annual Communication Schedule for the Garden Team
- Sample Meeting Agenda
Growing Season Overview Planning Document
- Managing a Planting Day
- Create Your School’s Watering Schedule
- Harvest Planning Worksheet
- Harvest Refrigeration Planning Guide
- Documents on how to plan for, and set up a watering schedule can be found on our Watering Page
More planning documents, how-to garden guides, and example videos are on our garden skills pages!

Engage teachers and other school staff: Recruit teachers, communicate the garden vision and provide opportunities for them to engage with the garden.

Share these two documents with teachers and volunteers before they participate in a garden event:

Learning Garden Talking Points

Engage family and community volunteers: Build a community of support around your garden to enhance your school’s commitment to real food and engage families in garden care and eating produce.