Pine Tree Elementary School Garden
North Main Elementary School Garden
Cornwall-on-Hudson Elementary School Garden
Garden Experience with Master Gardeners @ the Orange County Arboretum
School and Youth Gardening
The Master Gardener Volunteer are here to help you with your school garden! They act as consultant to help you plan your garden and also can also provide gardening lesson. If you don't have a school garden, don't worry, most of these lesson can be done in the classroom. Here are the topics that we cover.
Plants
- Parts of a Flower
- Plant Maintenance in a Garden*
- Plant Parts
- Plant Propagation Techniques
- Planting Times, Reading Seed Packets, Planting Zones
- Plants Parts We Eat
- Pollination
- Seed Science
- Starting Seeds
- Three Sisters Garden*
- Transplanting*
- Types of Plants (i.e. annuals, perennials, biennials, bulbs, etc.)
Insects
- Bees
- Butterfly Life Cycle
- Different Insect Mouth Parts
- Good and Bad Bugs
- Identification of an Insect
- Metamorphosis
- Pollinators and Beneficial Insects
- Ticks
Soil
- Composting / Vermicomposting
- Soil Testing for pH
- Types of Soil & Jar Test
Planning a School Garden
- Information on Starting School Gardens & Sustainability
- Site analysis
- Planting guidance *
Other Topics
- Putting a Garden to Bed*
- Leave the Leaves to Protect Overwintering Insects
- Birds and their Relationship to the Food Chain
- Cold and Warm Season Crops
- Environmental Stewardship
- Container Gardening
- Terrarium Gardening
- Succulent Gardens
- Fairy Gardens
- AG Literature (a Master Gardener Volunteer visits your classroom in March every year to read the agriculture book for that year)
* denotes that this lesson requires a garden
Contact
Susan Ndiaye
Community Horticulture Educator
sgn32@cornell.edu
(845) 344-1234, Ext.250
Last updated November 12, 2024
Garden Exploration with Master Gardeners - GEM Program
Interested in taking your class on field trip?
Come join us for the GEM Program out a the Orange County Arboretum.
- Location:
- Dates: Tuesdays and Wednesday in May and early June
- Times: 9:30 am - 12:00 pm
- Cost: $5.00 per student (50-75 students per day)
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Topics covered:
- Beekeeping
- Composting
- Good and Bad Bugs
- Plant (students get to put up a plant to take with them, usually a tomato plant)
- Contact: Judy - jal321@hotmail.com
Learn more!
Grow with Us Grant
Sponsored by:
New York State Agriculture in the Classroom
The Grow with Us Grant is returning for the 2024-2025 school year and will provide schools an opportunity to apply for one of four options: a bundle of three Tower Gardens, 3 tier grow rack with led grow lights, a vermicomposting Worm Café, or a compost tumbler.
Schools should apply for the system that best meets their educational goals and available classroom or outdoor space. New York Agriculture in the Classroom aspires to provide teachers the tools to facilitate experiential learning opportunities using agriculture as the context for learning.
Applications due January 9, 2025.