School Gardening 101—Creating a Garden

This course has been cancelled. Please reach out to teachered@nybg.org if you have any questions.

March 29, April 19 & 26, May 3 & 17, 2020

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 multi-session institutes or customized workshops. These programs provide a four-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.

A scholarship has been made available through a generous donation by the John Ben Snow Foundation & Memorial Trust, which waives the $200 fee for this course. Please click here to learn more before registering. Please note you must register for the scholarship before you register for the course. In 3-5 business days, you will receive an email that will indicate whether or not you have received the scholarship. All scholarships must be submitted by March 26, 2020 by 5pm.