The School Garden Journal for April

Happy Earth Day, Napa Garden Educators!

What a flurry of garden activity over spring break! Plant Sales, Wildflower Hikes, and so much more! Read on for April highlights...

• Need a last-minute idea for Earth Day? Check out 15 Meaningful Activities that connect kids with nature.

• Are you inundated with wild calendula? Read how One Teacher and Twelve Ecokids Tackled the Calendula Challenge. 

• The School Garden Task Force Learning Hour on April 23rd will share how to grow flowers, including the incredible edibles like those on this recently curated list! 

• There's still time to register for the Sonoma County School Garden Network's Digging Into Soils Workshop on April 24th. 

• High Mowing Organic Seeds suggests 6 Practical Ways to Engage Kids on the farm. 

Lesson of the Month*: From the amazing archives of Green Thumbs, this lesson provides the recipe for Calendula Salve (submitted by R.Thompson, TK Teacher @ Pueblo Vista).

Selling these salves provides revenue for additional garden-based learning activities.

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