GARDEN ADVENTURESGrow Your Food Gardening
and Health Program
Mary Van DykeUS Green Building Council
2014
OverviewIntroduction• My Journey
Goals• Grow Food• Nutrition Education• Health and Activity
Garden Adventures Club• Plan and Site Set Up• Typical Session• Project Examples• Resources
My Journey
Arlington Traditional School
Community Links
Fall Garden Planning YouTube (4 mins)Spring Garden Planning YouTube (4 mins)
NB: VA 7b Frost Dates: first week November/first week April
Garden AdventuresAfter- School Enrichment
Risk and Plan B
Rules and Tools
Soil and Compost
Water Access
Garden ADVENTURES Typical Session
• Healthy Snack: Produce of the Week• Story Time• Nutrition and Garden Education• Garden Activity• Observe and Journal• Take Home• Outreach to Community
• oranges, celery, bananas, avocado, grapes, carrots, strawberries, rhubarb, green veggies, cantaloupe, sunflower seeds, radishes, pineapple
Healthy SnackSpring - Produce of the Week
Story Time
Story Time
Nutrition and Garden Education
Tools
Microscopes and Cameras
Plant, Harvest and TasteCool Weather Crops
Plant, Harvest and TasteCool Weather Crops
• Try– Lettuce– Peas– Kohlrabi– Radishes– Carrots– Fava Beans– Kale– Strawberries– Carrots
Plant Hot Weather Crops
• Try– Basil– Tomatillos– Three or Four Sisters:• Squash, Corn,
Beans, Sunflowers
– Eggplant– Okra– Gourds, Pumpkins– Figs
Plant for Pollinators
Observe
WEEDING
RULES!
Journal
Communicate Face-to-Face and Email
• Communicate with families beforeand after each session
• Train and mentor volunteers
• Celebrate with community
• Blog• Media
Signs and Labels
Harvest WheatMake Bread
Bean Teepee
Tomatillos and Green Salsa
Celebrate
Try it and see if you like it…
GARDEN ADVENTURESRESOURCEShttp://goo.gl/jhXoJY
Compiled Bloghttp://goo.gl/iwGJym
Andwww.apsva.us/Page/3592
To Our Health, Growing Foodand Community!
