Below is a list of resources to support your educational garden projects!
Check out our spiffy new fundraising toolkit! It includes all you need to start raising money to cover your garden costs, whether you are establishing a new garden, or expanding an existing garden. You’ll find tools to help you estimate costs, letter templates for seeking sponsorship from local businesses, lists of relevant funding agencies, tips of writing winning grant applications, and much more!
Want to know what’s involved in building the raised bed gardens that GUO has helped establish in schools? It’s all here! Costs, sources of materials, and general tips…
Here is an outline of the workshops we offer!
Also, we know how important it is to link your organic school garden to the Ontario curriculum. The garden can be a powerful tool for meeting learning objectives across disciplines. We have assembled the curriculum links from our own workshops into this document and hope it can serve to help you link your own lessons to the garden.
This two-page document can be distributed to summer volunteers. It outlines how to take care of the garden in the summer, including when to water, how to weed and what pests to watch out for. It also includes instructions for harvesting and contact information for GUO in case your volunteers need extra support.
Strawberry Plant information
The importance of local and sustainable seeds / seed type (heirloom, open pollinated, hybrids, gmos) / what is a variety?
A list of seed growers and providers in the Ottawa area, along with resources and community events.
This garden companion was created to provide gardening support for educators and learners. It is intended as a helpful resource for organic school gardens, as it covers a wide range of subjects.
You will receive seasonal updates on GUO along with educational resources and tools to use in your school gardens!
Growing Up Organic:
guo-ottawa@cog.ca
Canadian Organic Growers Ottawa
St.-Lawrence-Outaouais Chapter:
cog.oso.chapter@cog.ca
Canadian Organic Growers (National Office):