Schoolyard Regreening Resources
Videos:
- A Crack in the Pavement: Growing Dreams (video, 19 minutes)
- A Crack in the Pavement: Digging In (video, 19 minutes)
- Benefits of School Gardens (video, 4:24 minutes)
- Garden Design for Schools (video, 4:05 minutes)
- Gardening for Wildlife (video, 3.45 minutes)
- Grounds for Change: The Calgary Zoo's Schoolyard Naturalization Program (video, 8:19 minutes)
- Help Kids Grow: Plant a School Garden (video, 5:26 minutes)
- How to Start a Garden: Gardening for Kids (video, 7:04 minutes)
- Schoolgrounds for Outdoor Learning and Play (video,13:56 minutes)
- Teaching Kids How to Plant (video, 10:37 minutes)
- What is a Green Schoolyard (video, 3:56 minutes)
- Green Schoolyards America - Schoolyard Forest Design Lecture Series 1:
- Introduction to Schoolyard Forests (video, 51:14 minutes)
- Green Schoolyards America - Schoolyard Forest Design Lecture Series 2:
- Schoolyard Forest Design Process and Principles (video, 56:03 minutes)
- Green Schoolyards America - Schoolyard Forest Design Lecture Series 3:
- Designing for Children's Health, Learning, and Play (video, 56:41 minutes)
- Green Schoolyards America - Schoolyard Forest Design Lecture Series 4:
- Selecting Trees for Schoolyard Forests (video, 54:35 minutes)
- Green Schoolyards America - Schoolyard Forest Design Lecture Series 5:
- Stormwater Schoolyards (video, 59:28 minutes)
- Green Schoolyards America - Schoolyard Forest Design Lecture Series 6:
- Reducing Extreme Hear and Supporting Thermal Comfort (video, 58:13 minutes)
- Green Schoolyards America - Schoolyard Forest Design Lecture Series 7:
- Wildlife Habitat as Part of Living Schoolyards (video, 58:50 minutes)
- Green Schoolyards America - Schoolyard Forest Design Lecture Series 8:
- Maintenance and Stewardship of Schoolyard Forests (video, 54:33 minutes)
- Green Schoolyards America - Schoolyard Forest Design Lecture Series 10:
- Schoolyard Food Forest (video, 56:57 minutes)
- Green Schoolyards America - Schoolyard Forest Design Lecture Series 13
- Living Schoolyards for Children's Microbiome Health (video, 53:18 minutes)
Downloadable Planning Guides:
- Canadian Biodiversity Institute – School Grounds Transformation
- Canadian Wildlife Federation - Gardening for Wildlife
- Grounds for Change: A User's Guide to Schoolyard Naturalization (PDF, 3.61 MB)
- Peel District School Board - Digging It: A Guide for Greening School Grounds in Peel Region (PDF, 8.95 MB)
- Physical Activity Design Guidelines for School Architecture (PDF, 814.54 KB)
- Region of Waterloo: School Gardens Startup Guide (PDF, 6.60 MB)
- WWF - Guide to Plant for Wildlife