School Gardening 101—Creating a Garden

February 20–25, 2017

Advocate, plan, create or revive a school garden. Hone skills for designing, budgeting and integrating the garden across the curriculum.

Teachers seeking professional development experience the beautiful collections of the Garden during multisession institutes or customized workshops. These programs provide a six-day immersion in which participants learn how to make teaching fun through field-tested, hands-on, inquiry-based activities. Participants may earn "P" in-service credits from the New York City Department of Education or up to 175 hours for State License requirements. P-credits should be applied for first with the NYC DOE via The After School Professional Development Program (ASPDP). Then, after registering with ASPDP, you can return to NYBG to register with us.

Cost: $200 (includes curriculum materials, reproducible handouts, and plants)

Teachers interested in speaking with our professional development staff should email teachered@nybg.org or call 718.817.8140.