Intergenerational Gardening
Kidsgardening.org
has featured stories describing garden programs that succeed
at bringing students of different backgrounds or abilities
together to cultivate mutual understanding and appreciation.
Likewise, in intergenerational gardens children and seniors
easily overcome perceived barriers to nurture and learn from
one another. Read on to learn how to incorporate an intergenerational
focus in your garden.
Background and Lessons
Intergenerational
Gardening: Benefits and Resources – We review different
approaches to bringing elders and kids together in the
garden and introduce supporting curricula.
Lesson:
Bees, Flowers, and Pollination – This is a sample unit
from the Roots and Shoots intergenerational garden curriculum,
where "roots" are seniors and "shoots" are
children.
Lesson:
Living History - Interviewing Elder Gardeners – Students
hone their communications skills as they glean oral histories
from older gardeners' stories of gardening and farming.
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