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• School Gardens Can Help Kids Learn Better And Eat Healthier. So Why Aren’t They Everywhere?

  06 May 2015

  The case for garden-based learning in schools seems simple, even obvious, at first: What harm could there be in encouraging young children to connect with nature and learn more about the ecology around them, including where the food they eat comes from?But given the ever-growing demands on teachers’ time and the poor financial ...

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• NPR: Out Of The Classroom And Into The Woods

  03 Jun 2015

  Kids in the U.S. are spending less time outside. Even in kindergarten, recess is being cut back. But in the small town of ...

• Revisiting garden-based learning in basic education

  06 May 2015

  extract from .pdf by Daniel Desmond, James Grieshop, Aarti SubramaniamUNESCO International Institute for Educational Planning Garden Based Learning (GBL) can be defined simply as ...

• Garden-Based Education at Cornell University

  06 May 2015

  Cornell University has a rich history of garden education, beginning with the enthusiasm of Liberty Hyde Bailey. And it’s still vibrant and thriving ...

• Wikipedia defines Garden-based learning

  06 May 2015

  Garden-based learning (GBL) encompasses programs, activities and projects in which the garden is the foundation for integrated learning, in and across disciplines, through ...

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