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We encourage and assist teachers in starting and maintaining gardens at their respective schools. Today, our membership has over 60 UC Master Gardeners who will act as school consultants in their geographic residential areas. These volunteers work with teachers and parents to advise and assist children with their garden projects.

Search for Schools

Use our database to explore other school gardens in the San Diego area. You will be able to view or print the results of the search.

Start your Search by Clicking Here

Request a Garden Consultant

If you would like to request a Master Gardener School Garden Consultant, click on Request a Garden Consultant and Explore Existing Gardens. Once you submit your request, a consultant will be assigned to your school who will contact you to arrange the first meeting.

Request a Garden Consultant - Click here

Plant a Seed, Watch it Grow: Web Guide

This will take you to our guide on how to begin and maintain a school garden.

View the Guide  - Click here

Presentations

This will take you to a list of presentations we have prepared.  You may use these presentations for any number of activities such as with your students, training your volunteers, in meetings to gain support for your garden.

View Presentations - Click here

School Garden Grants

List of available grants - click here

Sample Lessons

• Group Juggle - Students toss balls and learn one another's names
• Lighthouse - One student guides another, blindfolded student through a maze of people
• Space Travelers - Students work in small groups to explore the composition of soil
• Six of One, Half Dozen of the Other - Groups of students use multiple senses to find and classify contrasting objects in the natural environment.
• A Day at the Races - Students prepare soil flats using five different soil conservation techniques and then compare water flow and soil loss.
• Seed Ya Later - Students explore seeds and learn about how they are adapted for travel. They then search around the garden or other outdoor areas for examples of seeds that travel in different ways.