Down To Earth Handbook Volumn 1

Many visitors to our Roots and Shoots Garden express a desire to have a similar garden in their own school yard. They are eager to know where to begin. This Down to Earth Handbook I has everything you will need to know about inplementing your own garden program. It is a hands-on, feet-first approach to a school garden where everyone can have a good time learning and working together. This is a great time saver for those who want to start a Roots and Shoots Garden. This step-by-step guide includes: A notebook binder format for easy duplication of materials and addition of your own ideas 200+ pages of useful, how-to information, detailed lesson plans for each grade covering natural science, literature, music, art, and math, with templates and samples for class projects and publicity pieces. Detailed designs, planting, equipment and structures for each of the seven theme gardens. Suggestions for ways to involve school staff, students, voluteers, and community organizations. Ways to get started, how to recruit and train volunteers, fund raising strategies, and how to create effective publicity. Click here to order the handbook

Now Available: Down to Earth Handbook Volumn II

The Down to Earth Handbook Volume II, a companion to the Down to Earth Handbook Volume I, offers activities developed during the intervening years, including: New lesson plans for each grade Detailed lessons for a summer garden program Complete plans for an all school garden reading program Additional theme gardens Extensive publicity for promoting your garden program within the school and in the community Click here to order the handbook

Roots and Shoots Slide Show

The Roots and Shoots PowerPoint Slide Show with narrated script is available for purchase. This slide show has proven to be an effective way to represent the plan to garden clubs, school staff, civic organizations, and volunteers. The self-playing PowerPoint presentation includes a tour of the theme gardens, a detailed picture of each grade's lessons and activities with special emphasis on the twelve lessons for the second grade. The slide show tells the story of how the Roots and Shoots share the joys of gardening. (Cost $20.00 each) Click here to order the slideshow