School gardens and growing with kids
Online activities and programs
The Earth to Tables Legacies project has brought together a small group of food activists across big differences – youth/elders, rural/urban, Indigenous/settler, Canadian/Mexican – for an exchange around food justice and food sovereignty. The website has a multimedia educational package that includes facilitator’s guides, further resources and commentaries by activists and academics.
Evergreen
Evergreen has children's programs and online activities on nature and food gardening https://www.evergreen.ca/learn-and-discover/resources/
FoodShare
How-to guides include curriculum-related food and garden activities https://foodshare.net/resources/printable/
Green Thumbs
Teaches urban children, youth and families how to grow and use fresh, nutritious foods in an environmentally sustainable and socially just manner. Hands-on programs are on school and park lands in the east downtown core. Online programs for kids.
Sayeh Sun Studio
Sayeh Sun Studio has a free PDF of children's gardening activities The Garden Fun Club
Sustain Ontario
The Food Initiatives Greenhouse has online activities based on the Ontario curriculum https://sustainontario.com/greenhouse/resource-database/?_sft_initiatives=children-youth&_sft_theme=garden-soil-compost
Castle Compost
Children’s fun & factual illustrated adventure books to help teach composting www.castlecompost.com.
Please contact the author Larraine R. at 705-778-1922 or email peewee@castlecompost.com
Kids Growing City fee-based programs for kids and schools, free online herb e-kits and school garden road map
Gardening programs and services for kids
Backyard Urban Farming Company (BUFCO)
BUFCO installs raised beds and runs gardening programs for schools.
Black Creek Community Farm
Offers farm school visits and a Moms' and Kids' group https://www.blackcreekfarm.ca/
Cathy’s Crawly Composters
Cathy’s Crawly Composters is an environmentally driven worm composting business. We supply red wiggler worms, bins, castings, books and accessories. Everything needed to get started. We offer inspirational classroom workshops and worm birthday parties. Worms in the class offer a tremendous learning opportunity!
City of Toronto Children’s Eco Programs
Camps, school visits, a children’s garden, teaching kitchen and more! https://www.toronto.ca/explore-enjoy/recreation/nature-and-eco-programs/
Garden Jane
Offers activities at schools, farmer’s markets, festivals and events, including special programs for babies, toddlers and parents. They design activities to meet special needs. Also they offer garden design and curriculum-linked activities for schools, day cares and organizations. www.gardenjane.com
PACT
PACT supports and empowers at-risk young people through programs focused on food and gardening.
The Spiral Garden is an arts and nature camp program for kids of all abilities at the Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital.
https://hollandbloorview.ca/services/programs-services/spiral-garden