A one page infographic poster from Little Green Thumbs with evidence-based ideas for how your garden can be used to build environmental stewardship.
Ideas include:
- Get Close to Nature in a School or Classroom Garden. Connection with nature is key for child development (Thorp & Townsend, 2001), and hands-on experiences are the best way for students to develop an understanding of their complex world.
- Cultivate Wonder and Positive Relationship with the Environment. Students gain more positive attitudes about the environmental after participating in a school garden program. (Waliczek & Zajicek, 1999)
- Observe and Understand How the World is Connected. Children gain their most powerful understandings of their natural environment through direct exploration of nature. (Lekies & Beery, 2013; Thomas & Thompson, 2004)
- Build Knowledge about the Natural World. School gardens as a knowledge building tool for core subject materials (Williamson & Smoak, 1999) as well as agriculture, ecology and sustainability.
- and more!