Food Garden Life Show: Helping You Harvest More from Your Edible Garden, Vegetable Garden, and Edible Landscaping

Taking Math to the GardenIt started with a math lesson. A very boring math lesson.Educator Sonya Harris was trying to get a concept to stick. And the thing that got it to stick was the garden.A non-gardener, she saw how it could help kids take in ideas. But she wasn’t sure where to start once she got buy-in from the principal to make a garden. So she did it with a fun celebrity event. We talk about:* Launching the school garden with a “yard-crashing” event featuring an HGTV star* Bringing the classroom to the garden — and the garden to the classroom* Creating The Bullock Garden Project (https://www.bullockgardenproject.org) to help other educators start gardens* Funding the non-profit project with a for-profit seed company, Garden Teachers Yard (https://gardenteachersyard.com)* Resources for educators who want to incorporate gardening into the curriculum

Show Notes

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Taking Math to the Garden
It started with a math lesson. A very boring math lesson.

Educator Sonya Harris was trying to get a concept to stick. And the thing that got it to stick was the garden.

A non-gardener, she saw how it could help kids take in ideas. But she wasn’t sure where to start once she got buy-in from the principal to make a garden. 

So she did it with a fun celebrity event. 

We talk about:
  • Launching the school garden with a “yard-crashing” event featuring an HGTV star
  • Bringing the classroom to the garden — and the garden to the classroom
  • Creating The Bullock Garden Project to help other educators start gardens
  • Funding the non-profit project with a for-profit seed company, Garden Teachers Yard
  • Resources for educators who want to incorporate gardening into the curriculum


 
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What is Food Garden Life Show: Helping You Harvest More from Your Edible Garden, Vegetable Garden, and Edible Landscaping?

Want to grow your own food but need creative ideas so you can get the most from your space and your growing zone? Our passion is the edible garden.

We help people grow food on balconies, in backyards, and beyond—whether it’s edible landscaping, a vegetable garden, container gardens, or a home orchard.

There are many ways to approach edible landscaping. Find out how to harvest enough fruit, vegetables, herbs, and edible flowers. Get top tips for exotic crops. And learn how to garden in a way that suits any situation.

Host Steven Biggs was recognized by Garden Making magazine as one of the “green gang” making a difference in Canadian horticulture. His home-garden experiments span driveway straw-bale gardens, a rooftop kitchen garden, fruit plantings, and an edible-themed front yard. He's a horticulturist, award-winning broadcaster and author, and former horticulture instructor with George Brown and Durham Colleges in Ontario, Canada.

Get started with one of our fan favourites. Season 6, Episode 10: Big Harvests from a Small Space with a Vertical Vegetable Garden.