Session Dates & Times:

• 4 x 60 min Virtual Sessions on Zoom: Zoom Link for all Sessions
• 4pm Pacific / 7pm Eastern Time
• Wednesdays – Feb 19, 26, & March 5, 12
• Please add courses@outdoorlearning.com, programs@outdoorlearning.com, info@outdoorlearning.com to your safe email list

Registration includes:

• Access to 4 live 60-minute virtual sessions
• Links to the recordings of all sessions (available for up to 3 months after)
• A Certificate of Completion (4 Learning Hours)
• $10 towards accessing Gardening & Growing Resources (please email courses@outdoorlearning.com to claim)

Dig into the incredible learning kits Megan has created:

1. 1. Soil Study and Inquiry Class Kit: https://outdoorlearning.com/product/soil-kit/
   2. Looking Closely Outdoor Learning Class Kit: https://outdoorlearning.com/product/looking-closely-outdoor-learning-kit/
   3. Patterns in Nature Class Kit: https://outdoorlearning.com/product/patterns-in-nature/

Explore our wonderful array of Gardening and Growing resources

Session topics: 

1. The purpose & pedagogy of school gardens
2. Instructional routines: Planning for curricular learning in school gardens
3. School garden basics: Tips & tricks for success
4. Future proofing your garden: The importance of responsive and relational teaching in school gardens

Instructor: Megan Zeni

Megan has over 25 years experience as an elementary school teacher and spent ten years of her career teaching Kindergarten to fifth grade entirely outdoors in a school garden. She is currently employed as an Early Learning & Curriculum Teacher Consultant in a BC school district. Megan is in the process of completing her PhD at the University of British Columbia. Her research interests include developing professional learning networks with in-service teachers to weave systems of schooling with emerging pedagogies of place and play. Megan has extensive experience teaching in public school outdoor classrooms and school gardens and is a qualified Master Gardener. She consults broadly on school garden pedagogy, risky play, and emergent learning in the school context. Learn more about her work.

Workshop Recordings

Week 1

Please note that due to a Zoom recording error this session includes a Part 1 that was re-recorded. It appears shorter as there were introductions and discussions that were not repeated.

Week 2

Week 3

Week 4

Resource Sharing

Week 1

Resources:

• Megan’s Blog for this course
• School Gardening Notes – Week 1 (AI Generated)
• Workshop Transcript (AI generated)

Week 2

Resources:

• School Garden Notes – Week 2 (AI and Human notes!)
• Megan’s Blog for this course

Week 3

Resources:

• Megan’s Blog for this course
• School Garden Notes – Week 3 (Human notes!)

Week 4

Resources:

• Megan’s Blog for this course
• School Garden Notes Week 4 (AI and Human notes!)