School Gardening:
A Guide to Selected Resources

Science Reference Section
Science, Technology, and Business Division
Library of Congress

Selected Titles ... Historic References ... Selected Internet Resources

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SELECTED TITLES

Eames-Sheavly, Marcia. Sowing the seeds of success: how to start and sustain a kids’ gardening project in your community. Burlington, VT, National Gardening Association, 1999. 28 p.
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The edible schoolyard: learning in the real world. Edited by Margo Crabtree. Berkeley, CA, Center for Ecoliteracy, 1999. 90 p.
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Greening school grounds: creating habitats for learning. Edited by Tim Grant and Gail Littlejohn. Gabriola Island, B.C., New Society Publishers, Limited, 2001. 136 p.
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Growing ventures: starting a school garden business. South Burlington, VT, National Gardening Association, 2003. 64 p.
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Guy, Linda A., Cathy Cromell, and Lucy K. Bradley. Success with school gardens: how to create a learning oasis in the desert. Phoenix, AZ, Arizona Master Gardener Press in cooperation with the University of Arizona, Maricopa County Cooperative Extension,
c1996. 140 p.
   SB55.G95 1996

Johnson, Katherine A., and Marti Ross Bjornson. The Chicago school garden initiative: a collaborative model for developing school gardens that work. Glencoe, IL, Chicago Botanic Garden, 2003. 71 p.
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Kiefer, Joseph, and Martin Kemple. Digging deeper: integrating youth gardens into schools & communities: a comprehensive guide. Montpelier, VT, Food Works, Common Roots Press, 1998. 141 p.
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Ocone, Lynn, and Eve Pranis. The National Gardening Association guide to kids’ gardening: a complete guide for teachers, parents, and youth leaders. New York, Wiley, 1990. 148 p.
Rev. ed. of The youth gardening book, c1983.
   SB457.O24 1990

Pranis, Eve, and Amy Gifford. Schoolyard mosaics: designing gardens and habitats. Burlington, VT, National Gardening Association, 2002. 56 p.
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Steps to a bountiful kids’ garden. Edited by Amy Gifford. South Burlington, VT, National Gardening Association, c2001. 56 p.
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HISTORICAL REFERENCES

Gaumnitz, Walter Herbert. Schools and war gardens: some guides and resources. Washington, Federal Security Agency, U. S. Office of Education, 1943. 11 p.
   SB55.G3

Gunston, Herbert William. Principles & practice of school gardening & connected handwork. London, New York, Sir I. Pitman & Sons, Ltd., 1922. 195 p.
   SB55.G9

Schwab, Erasmus. The school garden. Being a practical contribution to the subject of education. New York, M. L. Holbrook & Co., 1879. 92 p.
   SB55.S3

Trelstad, Brian. Little machines in their gardens: a history of school gardens in America, 1891 to 1920. Landscape journal, v. 16, no. 2, 1997: 161-174.
   SB469.L35

United States school garden army. The spring manual of the United States school garden army. Washington, Govt. Print. Office, 1919. 32 p.
   SB55.U7 1919a

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SELECTED INTERNET RESOURCES

American Horticultural Society
http://www.ahs.org/youth_gardening

Chicago Botanic Garden
http://www.chicagobotanic.org/schoolgarden/

Department of Horticultural Sciences, Texas A&M University
http://aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu/kindergarden/Child/school/sgintro.htm

Edible Schoolyard, Martin Luther King Junior Middle School, Berkeley, California
http://www.edibleschoolyard.org

National Gardening Association
http://www.kidsgardening.com

Virginia Tech Department of Horticulture
http://www.hort.vt.edu/HORT6004/network/schoolgardens.html

Compiled by Joyce Howland, June, 2005