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    MANAGEMENT

    Class Scheduling · Lynn Hyndman

    Companion Planting · Food & Trees for Africa

    Compost Booklet [1 of 2]· Chicago Home Composting Program

    Composting 101 · Chicago Botanic Garden

    Cool Season Planting · Fall · Lynn Hyndman

    Dawes Garden Layout with Planters · Dawes School

    Garden Roles & Descriptions · Lynn Hyndman

    Garden Etiquette · Granny's Garden School, Inc.

    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

    Guide for Organizing Cooking Classes for Elementary Students · K-5 · 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

    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 Garden Tasks · Summer · Lynn Hyndman

    Types of Seeds · Kitty Okano

    Ultimate Step-by-Step Kids' First Gardening Book [1 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

    Class Scheduling copy.pdf
    Class Scheduling copy.pdf
    Companion Planting FTFA.pdf
    Companion Planting FTFA.pdf

    Compost Booklet [2 of 2] · Chicago Home Composting Program

    CompostBooklet#1.pdf
    CompostBooklet#1.pdf
    CompostBooklet#2.pdf
    CompostBooklet#2.pdf
    Composting101.pdf
    Composting101.pdf
    Chart-Cool Season.pdf
    Chart-Cool Season.pdf
    Garden 2010 -2 pdf copy.pdf
    Garden 2010 -2 pdf copy.pdf
    Dewey Edible Garden Summer Care Guide 2013-1.pdf
    Dewey Edible Garden Summer Care Guide 2013-1.pdf
    EarthBoxGardening.pdf
    EarthBoxGardening.pdf
    ExtraHelpforParents.pdf
    ExtraHelpforParents.pdf
    FallHarvesting.pdf
    FallHarvesting.pdf
    Flowers Bees Prefer.pdf
    Flowers Bees Prefer.pdf
    GrannysEtiquette.pdf
    GrannysEtiquette.pdf
    Garden Roles:Descriptions LH.pdf
    Garden Roles:Descriptions LH.pdf
    Garden Tasks -Template.pdf
    Garden Tasks -Template.pdf
    goodbug.pdf
    goodbug.pdf
    Grow Lab Information.pdf
    Grow Lab Information.pdf
    Grow Lab Teacher Letter.pdf
    Grow Lab Teacher Letter.pdf
    Cooking Class Manual - LH.pdf
    Cooking Class Manual - LH.pdf
    harvestguide-1 copy.pdf
    harvestguide-1 copy.pdf
    Harvesting the Early Spring Garden.pdf
    Harvesting the Early Spring Garden.pdf
    Science_and_Children_Sterling_Hargrove.pdf
    Science_and_Children_Sterling_Hargrove.pdf
    School Garden Wizard Chicago Botanic Garden.pdf
    School Garden Wizard Chicago Botanic Garden.pdf
    gardencheatsheet.pdf
    gardencheatsheet.pdf
    Letter to Garden Volunteers.pdf
    Letter to Garden Volunteers.pdf
    List of Planting Supplies .pdf
    List of Planting Supplies .pdf
    Master Plan for Workdays.cwk (WP).pdf
    Master Plan for Workdays.cwk (WP).pdf
    GrannysGardenManual.pdf
    GrannysGardenManual.pdf
    Organic School Garden copy.pdf
    Organic School Garden copy.pdf
    Pantry Inventory - CookEquip template copy.pdf
    Pantry Inventory - CookEquip template copy.pdf
    Timeframe for Garden Workdays.pdf
    Timeframe for Garden Workdays.pdf
    Perrenials list_Spring 2013.pdf
    Perrenials list_Spring 2013.pdf
    Planting Calendar for Evanston.pdf
    Planting Calendar for Evanston.pdf
    PlantingtheGarden.pdf
    PlantingtheGarden.pdf
    PlantingtheEarlySpringGarden.pdf
    PlantingtheEarlySpringGarden.pdf
    PlantinginFall.pdf
    PlantinginFall.pdf
    PlantinginLateSpring.pdf
    PlantinginLateSpring.pdf
    Potato Planting.pdf
    Potato Planting.pdf
    RecyclingMatters.pdf
    RecyclingMatters.pdf
    Resources for Vegetable Gardening.pdf
    Resources for Vegetable Gardening.pdf
    Edible Garden Resources.pdf
    Edible Garden Resources.pdf
    Rookie Gardener Mistakes copy.pdf
    Rookie Gardener Mistakes copy.pdf
    roots-to-fruits_2012.pdf
    roots-to-fruits_2012.pdf
    SchoolyardSanctuaries.pdf
    SchoolyardSanctuaries.pdf
    Shakespeare Garden.pdf
    Shakespeare Garden.pdf
    Succession Planting.pdf
    Succession Planting.pdf
    SummerAnnuals#1.pdf
    SummerAnnuals#1.pdf

    Summer Annuals [2 of 3] · Summer · Chicago Botanic Garden

    Summer Annuals [3 of 3] · Summer · Chicago Botanic Garden

    SummerAnnuals#2.pdf
    SummerAnnuals#2.pdf
    SummerAnnuals#3.pdf
    SummerAnnuals#3.pdf
    Garden Tasks -Summer.pdf
    Garden Tasks -Summer.pdf
    TypesofSeeds.pdf
    TypesofSeeds.pdf
    UltimateStepbyStepKidsFirstGardeningBook#1.pdf
    UltimateStepbyStepKidsFirstGardeningBook#1.pdf

    Ultimate Step-by-Step Kids' First Gardening Book [2 of 2] · 1-5 · Jenny Hendy

    UltimateStepbyStepKidsFirstGardeningBook#2.pdf
    UltimateStepbyStepKidsFirstGardeningBook#2.pdf
    Sources-Kitty.pdf
    Sources-Kitty.pdf
    Warm Season Chart.pdf
    Warm Season Chart.pdf
    Summer '10-planting schedule.pdf
    Summer '10-planting schedule.pdf
    Welcome sign.pdf
    Welcome sign.pdf
    growing in containers.pdf
    growing in containers.pdf
    Tasks Workday Template .pdf
    Tasks Workday Template .pdf
    WormArticle.pdf
    WormArticle.pdf
    WormBinTroubleshooting.pdf
    WormBinTroubleshooting.pdf
    Vermi.pdf
    Vermi.pdf
    SAGE Resource.pdf
    SAGE Resource.pdf

    Ten Ways to Tackle Weeds & Pests Without Chemicals · Edible Chicago

    Management

     

    On this page, you will find resources regarding how to successfully manage your garden through all seasons.