Healthy Growing Program Options
Option 1: The Consultation
REGISTER FOR YOUR SCHOOL CONSULTATION HERE
What does this include?
Access to curriculum & consultation to make your garden program work for your specific school. This includes a phone consult, customized program plan, and access to our garden-based curriculum that aligns with common core.
Who is this generally for?
This is for you if your school already has a garden, but you’re not sure what to do with it or how to integrate it within your school programming and/or curriculum. You can implement this program at your own pace.
What does this cost?
| Free/Reduced Lunch % | Cost to School |
|---|---|
| 0% - 24% | $250 |
| 25% - 49% | $300 |
| 50% - 74% | $400 |
| 75% - 100% | $500 |
REGISTER FOR YOUR SCHOOL CONSULTATION HERE
Option 2: The Kit
REGISTER AND PURCHASE YOUR KIT HERE
What does this include?
All of the necessary materials, curriculum, and guides for you to build, incorporate, and maintain a garden in your school community, including:
| ITEMS | QUANTITY |
|---|---|
| Plant labels (pack of 25) | 2 |
| Watering Can | 3 |
| Hand Trowel | 25 |
| Shovel Round | 2 |
| Shovel Flat | 2 |
| Garden Hoe | 2 |
| Fork | 2 |
| Twine (200ft) | 1 |
| Gloves | 25 |
| Garden Hose (100ft) | 1 |
| Spray Nozzle | 1 |
| Vermont Cedar Farmstead Raised Garden Bed 4ft x 8ft x 8in | 6 |
| Poultry Wire Netting for rodents 1 in. x 4 ft. x 50 ft. | 1 |
| Landscape Fabric 4ft x 50ft | 1 |
| Drip Irrigation Kit 50ft | 4 |
| EDIBLE SEEDS (DROUGHT TOLERANT) | |
| Beets | 1 |
| Broccoli | 1 |
| Carrots | 1 |
| Chard | 1 |
| Cucumber | 1 |
| Fennel | 1 |
| Lettuce | 2 |
| Parsnip | 1 |
| Summer Squash | 1 |
| Tomatoes | 3 |
| Winter Squash | 1 |
| Strawberries | 3 |
| Basil | 1 |
| Rosemary | 1 |
| Thyme | 1 |
| Garlic Chives | 1 |
| FLOWERS (DROUGHT TOLERANT) | |
| Meadow Sage | 1 |
| Blanket Flower | 1 |
| Sundrops | 1 |
| Coneflower | 1 |
| California Poppy | 1 |
| GARDEN SUPPLIES TOTAL | 104 |
| RESOURCES | QUANTITY |
| How to start a school garden guide | 10 pages |
| Curriculum Access | 46 lesson plans |
| Webinar Access | 2 Webinars |
| Gardening How to Videos | 12 How To Videos |
| Fundraising Tips and Resources | 17 Resources |
| Maintenance Schedules | 4 Schedules |
| Growing Guides | 55 seeds and plants |
| Evaulation Resources | 4 Surveys |
| Seasonal Tips | 12 Monthly Tips |
| RESOURCES TOTAL | 162 |
| TOTAL | 266 |
Who is this generally for?
This is for you if your school wants to start a school garden program from scratch or wants to resurrect a neglected garden, but does not need or want customized or individualized support. You can implement this at your own pace.
What does this cost?
The cost is $2,499, including shipping.
It has a total retail value of $4,300, but we’re committed to making school gardens as accessible as possible to all schools, so we’ve cut the price by more than 40% so it’s more affordable.
REGISTER AND PURCHASE YOUR KIT HERE
Option 3: The Comprehensive
*Please read: It’s getting harder and harder for us to source funding which is what enables us to subsidize so many of the services we provide for low-income schools within this Comprehensive Option. So as a result, we are scaling down our services quite a bit. We will unfortunately only be able to support a few low-income schools a year at this time. We will review schools that have registered and work with schools as resources become available.
What does this include?
12+ months of 1-on-1 customized support and guidance for your school that includes the following:
| Items and Resources |
|---|
| Your own dedicated Field Coordinator to guide you through the whole process |
| Site Visit |
| Custom program plan with program budget |
| Custom garden design |
| Custom timeline |
| Custom long-term plan |
| PTA Presentation |
| Crowdfunding platform designed specifically for school garden programs with tips, checklists, email templates, social media templates, scripts, flyers, etc. |
| We build and manage your crowdfunding page |
| Brochures and seed packets for fundraising |
| Curriculum |
| Unlimited access to curriculum (over 40 garden-based lessons that align with common core for all grade levels) |
| Unlimited access to “how to” gardening videos |
| Raised Garden Beds |
| Seeds, soil, and compost |
| Drip Irrigation |
| Garden tools and supplies |
| School Garden Banner |
| We handle all of the purchasing, sourcing, and delivery of items to your doorstep, so you can spend those hours with your students and families |
| We facilitate your Dig Day with you (the day your garden is built) |
| Garden Guides specific to your school |
| School Garden Maintenance schedules |
| Monitoring and Evaluations for your impact and funding reports |
| 2-month, 6-month, and 1-year follow-up visits |
Who is this generally for?
This is for you if your school wants to start a school garden program from scratch, resurrect a neglected garden, or expand an existing garden and wants or needs customized and individualized support for 1 – 2 years. This option runs on the following timeline and space is limited each year.
| Registration | Fall |
| School Site Visits by Field Coordinator | January/Februrary |
| School Plans Drafted | March/April |
| Community/PTA Meeting | April/May |
| Healthy Planet Planning, Prep, Sourcing Materials, etc | Summer |
| School Garden Campaign | August/September/October |
| Build/Launch Garden Program | October/November |
What does this cost?
The average cost of a school garden program is around $4000?though we subsidize based on this formula:
| Free/Reduced Lunch % | Healthy Planet Subsidy |
|---|---|
| 0% - 24% | 0% |
| 25% - 39% | 25% |
| 40% - 74% | 50% |
| 75% - 100% | 75% |
We’ll have a more accurate budget after we put the plan together following the Site Visit.
School gardens with support from the community are more sustainable. This premise is a core component of our programs, so we aim to engage and empower the community throughout the whole process. As a result, while we support schools financially (on a sliding scale), we require every school to raise at least 25% of the costs. The fundraising campaign is a crucial component to engage the whole school community –?it’s integral to developing ownership, pride, and responsibility for the garden?– making sure everyone has invested some time and money, even if it’s just $1 per family. A percentage of the funds generally come from the families in addition to local businesses and the community.?We provide a variety of fundraising resources to help reach your goal, including scripts, email templates, flyers, seed packets for the students to “sell” to?neighbors, family members, local businesses, etc.