Please ask about our sample lessons. One sample lesson will be provided for each school to allow teachers, students and staff to understand how Brooklyn Seeds can bring nature into Brooklyn classrooms year-round. These lessons are wonderfully educational indoor and outdoor gardening projects that kids can do all year round - spring, summer, fall and winter. At one particular school in Prospect Heights, we have indoor winter gardening which includes everything from planting a tiny indoor garden to planting their own paper whites. For very young children, this provides the immediate gratification of starting, nurturing, and successfully caring for their own plant-within days.
Your school doesn’t need a garden to have a gardening program. There are bins full of soil, compost and plants that are brought to each school, and then taken out again so the kids can have their play space back. We also adopt neighborhood trees and study local birds, so there is a strong community aspect to their projects. But most of the gardening projects allow each child to plant outside (in street trees, class window boxes, along school fences), or take home his or her own sprouts, plants, cuttings, bird feeders, and even red wiggler worms.
"I value the experience of facilitating horticultural groups with Eman. She has a deep understanding of the children she encounters, and is quick to develop a strong rapport with them. Her love of gardening inspires those she interacts with."
Susan Braverman, Horticultural Therapy Master
Your school doesn’t need a garden to have a gardening program. There are bins full of soil, compost and plants that are brought to each school, and then taken out again so the kids can have their play space back. We also adopt neighborhood trees and study local birds, so there is a strong community aspect to their projects. But most of the gardening projects allow each child to plant outside (in street trees, class window boxes, along school fences), or take home his or her own sprouts, plants, cuttings, bird feeders, and even red wiggler worms.
"I value the experience of facilitating horticultural groups with Eman. She has a deep understanding of the children she encounters, and is quick to develop a strong rapport with them. Her love of gardening inspires those she interacts with."
Susan Braverman, Horticultural Therapy Master
Many classes have window sills full of kids’ plants, until they are established enough to take home. We also visit nearby community gardens, where children learn about urban gardens and are allowed to explore nature and play garden games in these hard-fought-for community gardens that have amazing histories.
After each class, an email is sent to parents (through classroom teachers) explaining what their child did in gardening that day. In these emails, we also link parents to local organizations + resources so they can continue to discuss the current and relevant environmental issues we are studying.
After each class, an email is sent to parents (through classroom teachers) explaining what their child did in gardening that day. In these emails, we also link parents to local organizations + resources so they can continue to discuss the current and relevant environmental issues we are studying.
Some of these organizations include: GrowNYC, 6/15 Green, Brooklyn Botanic Garden, and many others!! We link parents and kids to these mostly local organizations so they can continue learning about the gardening activity their children engaged in during school that week, whether it’s taking care of trees on their block, or planting small indoor edible winter gardens.
"My daughter loves to learn about plants, animals, our environment, and what it means to live green. Eman's classes keep her in touch with nature, even in a big city like New York."
Astrid Schaefer - mom to 5-year-old Mia - PS 321
"My daughter loves to learn about plants, animals, our environment, and what it means to live green. Eman's classes keep her in touch with nature, even in a big city like New York."
Astrid Schaefer - mom to 5-year-old Mia - PS 321
