This is the guidebook you need to justify, design and implement a school garden to improve students’ academics!

• Encourages educators to use school gardens to improve students’ academics, perspectives on the environment, and their nutritional habits.
• Presents an overview of the history of school gardens, the benefits to students and their importance to local ecological communities.
• Highlights the five most common habitats in detail: wetlands, urban, vegetable, wildscape, butterfly.
• Serves as a resource book for teachers and librarians who want to plan and implement a garden on their campus

The purpose of this composite resource book is to assist both private and public school librarians in cultivating a school garden on their campus.  A Librarian’s Guide to Cultivating an Elementary School Garden will provide information on funding sources, guidance on designing and maintaining a garden, related books and instructional activities, and webliographies.