School garden ideas

At Hand Made Places, we’ve created a free guide to designing sensory gardens for school playgrounds for unusual and inclusive school gardening club ideas.

How to start a garden at your school and resources to incorporate it into your classroom curriculum.

Spending time in the garden can awaken the senses of touch, smell, and taste, and attune a child to the subtler sights and sounds of nature.

Stack two/three tires and grow watermelons and peppers. Pretty cool idea actually!

Notice the stepping stones are math problems? Numerous opportunities for lessons with students here.

Use this year plan of garden activities for children with monthly garden plan for the year, perfect for school gardening clubs.

Turn your garden into a magical summer playground with these inspirational ideas.

Looking for some ways to create a fun area that will keep your kids outdoors? Here's some ideas I'm loving for creating outdoor playscapes on the cheap!

Gardening has many benefits for children. While it has great health and social implications, it also offers brilliant hands on experience for learning. Inspired by the school and community garden stories, we’ve put together a guide to help get you started – from thinking about how to use the space, to how to involve the children and school community.