Planning a Successful School & Community Garden Program
Plan, organize and develop a successful and sustainable gardening program.
Planning a Successful School & Community Garden Program is one of nine online courses we offer in our Horticulture Distance Learning Program.
Next course: Summer 2024
- Cost: $675. (CCE staff: Email dmc72 [at] cornell.edu (dmc72[at]cornell[dot]edu) for discount information.)
- Enrollment limited to 30 students.
- See course details below.
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About the course
This 6-week course (8 weeks including the introductory week and a break week) focuses on the foundations and benefits of garden-based learning, and provides the tools, resources, and collaborative support needed to plan, organize and develop a successful and sustainable gardening program that fits your organization’s needs.
Using a logic model approach to program development, this course is perfect for educators, program staff, volunteers, volunteer coordinators or anyone wanting to develop a community garden, school garden, or garden-based learning program for youth, adults, or people with disabilities in their local community, school, Cooperative Extension, or after-school program.
The course is non-credit, and we present a certificate of completion to all those who participate in the whole course.
Course schedule
- Week 1: Growing Your Planning Team; Community Partnerships
- Week 2: Developing Garden Program Goals Using Logic Models
- Week 3: Tapping Your Community Resources
- Week 4: Evaluation and Assessment; Building Your Curriculum Toolbox
- Week 5: Creating Sustainable Gardens; Finding Funding
- Week 6: Project Portfolio; Next Steps