School Garden Kicks Off with Celebrity

Children
Written By Steven Biggs

Taking Math to the Garden

Sonya Harris’ from The Bullock Garden Project on bringing the garden to the classroom.

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

  • Joining the board at KidsGardening.org

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Steven Biggs

Recognized by Garden Making Magazine as one of the "green gang" of Canadians making a difference in horticulture, Steven Biggs is a horticulturist, former college instructor, and award-winning broadcaster and author. His passion is helping home gardeners grow food in creative and attractive ways.


He’s the author of eight gardening books, including the Canadian bestseller No Guff Vegetable Gardening. His articles have appeared in Canada’s Local Gardener, Mother Earth News, Fine Gardening, Garden Making, Country Guide, Edible Toronto, and other magazines.


Along with over 30 years working in the horticultural sector and a horticultural-science major at the University of Guelph, Steven’s experience includes hands-on projects in his own garden including wicking beds, driveway strawbale gardens, and a rooftop tomato plantation—to the ongoing amusement of neighbours.


When not in the garden, you might catch him recording his award-winning Food Garden Life podcast or canoeing in Algonquin Park.

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