

Cultivating Health, Learning, and Environmental Stewardship Through Edible School Gardening
Management
On this page, you will find resources regarding how to successfully manage your garden through all seasons.
MANAGEMENT
Class Scheduling · Lynn Hyndman
Companion Planting · Food & Trees for Africa
Compost Booklet [1 of 2]· Chicago Home Composting Program
Compost Booklet [2 of 2] · Chicago Home Composting Program
Composting 101 · Chicago Botanic Garden
Cool Season Planting · Fall · Lynn Hyndman
Dawes Garden Layout with Planters · Dawes School
Dewey Edible Garden Summer Care Guide · Summer · Lisa Dziekan
Earth Box Gardening · earthbox.com
Extra Help for Parents · K-3 · Chicago Botanic Garden
Fall Harvesting · 1-4 · Fall · Kitty Okano
Flowers and Herbs Bees Prefer · Judy Cummings
Garden Etiquette · Granny's Garden School, Inc.
Garden Roles & Descriptions · Lynn Hyndman
Garden Task Template · Lynn Hyndman
Goodbug · Rodale Organic Gardening Books
Grow Lab Information · K-3 · Lynn Hyndman
Grow Lab Teacher Letter · K-3 · Lynn Hyndman
Guide for Organizing Cooking Classes for Elementary Students · K-5 · Lynn Hyndman
Guidelines for Harvesting Vegetables · Cornell University
Harvesting the Early Spring Garden · Spring · Granny's Garden School, Inc.
Is Your Soil Sick? · Science and Children
Keep It Growing Guide · School Garden Wizard
Kingsley Garden Basic Information/Procedure · Kingsley School
Letter to Garden Volunteers · Lynn Hyndman
List of Planting Supplies by Grade Level · K-5 · Lynn Hyndman
Manual for Class Garden Coordinators & Volunteers · Granny's Garden School, Inc.
Master Plan for Workdays · Lynn Hyndman
Organic School Garden: Environmental Health and Social Values · National Coalition Against the Misuse of Pesticides
Organizing Garden Workdays Timeline · Spring/Fall · Lynn Hyndman
Pantry Inventory Chart · Lynn Hyndman
Perennials List · Spring · Lisa Dziekan
Planting Calendar for Evanston · Judy Cummings
Planting Dates for Midwest Gardens · Kitty Okano
Planting the Early Spring Garden · Spring · Kitty Okano
Planting in Fall · Fall · Kitty Okano
Planting in Late Spring · Spring · Kitty Okano
Potato Planting · Spring · Jenni Suvari
Recycling Matters · Keep Evanston Beautiful
Resources for Edible School Gardening · Lynn Hyndman
Resources for Vegetable Gardening · Lynn Hyndman
Rookie Gardening Mistakes · Planet Green
SAGE School Garden Initiative · SAGE
Schoolyard Sanctuaries · Brooklyn Botanic Garden
Shakespeare Garden Plants · Judy Cummings
Succession Planting · Judy Cummings
Summer Annuals [1 of 3] · Summer · Chicago Botanic Garden
Summer Annuals [2 of 3] · Summer · Chicago Botanic Garden
Summer Annuals [3 of 3] · Summer · Chicago Botanic Garden
Summer Garden Tasks · Summer · Lynn Hyndman
Ten Ways to Tackle Weeds & Pests Without Chemicals · Edible Chicago
Types of Seeds · Kitty Okano
Ultimate Step-by-Step Kids' First Gardening Book [2 of 2] · 1-5 · Jenny Hendy
Useful Books · Kitty Okano
Warm Season Chart · Spring/Summer · Lynn Hyndman & Rachel Rosner
Warm Season Planting Schedule · Summer · Lynn Hyndman
Welcome Sign · Lisa Dziekan
Winter Growing in Containers · Winter · Judy Cummings
Workday Tasks & Template · Lynn Hyndman
Worm Article · Washington Post
Worm Bin Troubleshooting · San Francisco League of Urban Gardeners
Worm Composting · Kitty Okano