Pollinator Curriculm

Check out this link to see how to integrate garden pollination learning into your classroom:

http://www.nappc.org/curriculum/

Overview:
Nature's Partners is an inquiry learning-based curriculum for young people in the 4th through the 6th grade. It is comprised of seven modules. Each module offers three or four activities designed to engage young people in active, investigative science following a learning cycle of

• exploration,
• concept introduction/development, and
• concept application.

The Nature's Partners curriculum is designed to be flexible. Although it is presented as a sequence of activities, there is no need to do them all or todo them in order.

The Healthy School Toolkit

Here is an interesting resource from the Food Trust, for those of you who view your school garden program as part of your overall school wellness program. This publication provides some good ideas about organizing community and volunteer groups, setting goals, and sharing successes. http://www.thefoodtrust.org/catalog/download.php?product_id=144

How to Integrate Your Garden into Classroom Curriculum!

Check out these links for ideas:

http://www.csgn.org/pdf/GFL_3.pdf

http://www.gardenmosaics.cornell.edu/pgs/science/english/mainscience.htm

http://216.248.206.131/wizard/learn/teach_curricula.html

http://www.edibleschoolyard.org/cla_lessons.html

Please post any ideas or experiences that you have had with garden curriculum!

Harvest Hope's Plant a Row Program!

Harvest Hope Food Bank serves 20 counties in South Carolina. Currently they have a new campaign called Plant A Row for the Hungry, where they are asking gardeners in South Carolina to plant an extra row and to donate the harvest from that row to the food bank. If this sounds like a project that you and your school might be interested in participating in, please visit: http://www.harvesthope.org/plantarow.aspx

Wondering How You Too Can Become A Blog Follower?

This will allow you to easily post comments, questions, pictures, etc. to the blog!

Follow these steps:
1. On the right hand side of this page, click on "Follow this blog"
2. Sign in using your gmail account. If you do not already have an account, click on "New to Blogger? Sign up for your free blogger account."
3. Once you sign in, type in the name you would like to be displayed when you post a blog (this could be your name or your school's name), and check "I accept the Terms of Service"
4. Click "Follow publicly" on the next page
5. And then start posting!

Pauline-Glenn Springs Elementary Breaks Ground!

Check out the progress of their garden!

On the right hand side of this page, under "Followers", click on Nancy to link to her PGS Healthy Harvesters blog. Here you can view the pictures and read about the beginning stage of the garden.

Thanks Nancy!!

Do You Need Gardening Advice or Plant Problem Solving Assistance?

Clemson Extension is ready to help you!
Each county has an agent who can speak to your specific area when it comes to soil testing, plant problem solving, and a wide array of other gardening issues.

Agent contacts for your county:
Richland - Ted Williams twllms@clemson.edu 803-779-8717 x 1127
York - Paul Thompson pthmpsn@clemson.edu 803-684-9919
Spartanburg - S. Cory Tanner shannt@clemson.edu 864-596-2993
Orangeburg - Morgan Judy judy@clemson.edu 803-534-6280

Call this toll-free-number: 1-888-656-9988, Monday-Friday, 9AM-1PM, to get immediate assistance for anywhere in the state!

Also, check out these Clemson Extension links:

Wondering how you can control those pesky weeds, or maybe having trouble deciding what are good seeds and plants to get?

http://www.clemson.edu/extension/hgic/plants/vegetables/gardening/

Wondering what time of year you should plant cucumbers (or any other vegetable for that matter) or how far apart you should space them?

http://www.clemson.edu/extension/hgic/plants/vegetables/crops/