Tips & Tricks
Need some additional guidance while expanding your green thumb? No worries, Seed St. Louis has a library of educational resources to support your gardening adventures. Explore our variety of Tips & Tricks below!
On the Air at Garden Media Camp
As our campers honed their photography skills, working individually and in teams to tell the story of camp through visual media, the time came to expand their horizons even further. Campers began to explore a new way to tell a story: creating a camp podcast. This was a new experience for our campers, and they […]
Read MoreSummer Media Camp – PhotoVoice
PhotoVoice: Telling the Story of Camp with the Click of a Shutter Can one picture really speak a thousand words? At Gateway Greening’s Garden Media Camp, students set out to find the answer. Campers learned that an important part of photojournalism is to show viewers a new perspective on the world. They took this lesson […]
Read MoreGrants for Youth Education
As our staff discovers new grants and funding opportunities specific to school gardens, we will do our best to share them here. Please check back often to discover the latest opportunities! Education Outside – School garden grant calendar Kitchen Community Grant List Kids Gardening Grant Opportunities Missouri Environmental Education Association: Free basic membership, lessons, grants, […]
Read MoreLesson Plan Resources
Collective School Garden Network – School garden curriculum and lesson resources Edible Schoolyard – User submitted lesson plans George Watts Montessori Garden Curriculum Life Lab School garden curriculum, lesson plans, and gardening how-to NGSS science standards for school gardens Garden Lesson YouTube channel Garden Scavenger Hunts Missouri Botanical Garden – Biology of plants for grades […]
Read MoreLocal STEM Organizations
GROW Exhibit educates the public on the “journey of food from the farm to the fork” and explores the relationship between the agriculture and technology. Find them at: https://www.slsc.org/exhibits-attractions/grow/ Youth Exploring Science (YES) Program works with 250 high school students each year to provide education in STEAM (science, technology, engineering, art, mathematics) and allow them […]
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