Gardening and plant-based learning open a door to discovery of
the living world. It stimulates even as it focuses and calms.
Within the school environment, a garden offers an unparalleled
platform to help kids achieve learning goals in ways that are
recommended by the National Science Standards and most state and
local educational bodies. A School Garden requires a child's
intellectual, emotional and social engagement with things that
must be measured, counted, weighed, arranged, planned and cared
for. It can yield gratifying and often surprising results for
you and your students.