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• Garden Success Stories

  School Garden Success Stories

  Starting a school garden or looking for ways to improve your existing one? Check out some of these great success stories. Read about how schools have funded their garden projects, problem solved and increased community involvement using various strategies.

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• Helpful Links

  • Action Schools! BC
  • ActNow BC
  • BC Agriculture in the Classroom (AITC)
  • BC Confederation of Parent Advisory Councils (BCCPAC)
  • BC Dairy Foundation
  • BC Healthy Living Alliance
  • BC Ministry of Education
  • BC School Trustees Association (BCSTA)
  • Brand Name Food List
  • Canadian Association for School Health (CASH)
  • Dietitian Services at HealthLink BC
  • Dietitians of Canada
  • Directorate of Agencies for School Health (DASH)
  • Evergreen
  • Healthy Schools Network
  • LifeCycles
  • Terra Nova Schoolyard Society

• Success Stories

  • Edible School Grounds Workshop Leads to School Garden Network
  • Tamanawis Foods Class—A greenhouse project
  • School Garden Success Story: Windermere High School, Vancouver
  • School Garden Success Story: Robert Ogilvie Elementary School, Fort St John
  • School Garden Success Story: Queen Mary Elementary, North Vancouver
  • School Garden Success Story: Douglas Park Community School, Langley
  • School Garden Success Story: Blue Mountain Elementary, Maple Ridge
  • School Garden Success Story: Terra Nova School Gardens, Richmond
  • School Garden Success Story: North Peace Secondary School, Fort St John
  • Rossland Secondary Sees Healthy Vending Profits

• Ideas for Action

  • Growing Schools
  • School Food Gardens—Challenges, barriers and how to overcome them
  • Play First Lunch Toolkit
  • Take Action: SCHOOL TRUSTEES
  • Take Action: TEACHERS
  • Take Action: SCHOOL MEAL PROVIDERS
  • Take Action: DISTRICT ADMINISTRATORS
  • Take Action: STUDENTS
  • Wendy Aasen, parent, on the importance of being consistent
  • Wendy Aasen, parent, on involving everyone for success