8. Learning Gardens: Creating Dynamic Outdoor Classrooms with Victoria Hackett

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Learning gardens benefit children of all ages, including elementary students. Victoria Hackett from Outdoor Classrooms is on the podcast today to share her experience with developing and using learning gardens to teach children in the hopes of inspiring more elementary teachers to use them in their own teaching.

Victoria has experience touring and researching teaching gardens across the United States and has broken them down into four different garden types that she explains in this episode. She shares how using elements from each garden type enhances student experience and development with real-life examples.

Tune in to find out how learning gardens could benefit your curricular goals plus 3 action steps to get started developing a learning garden in your own space. Her excitement, passion, and experience is contagious; I can't wait for you to hear this wonderful conversation!

Connect with Victoria Hackett of Outdoor Classrooms:

• Website: www.outdoor-classrooms.com
• Next Masterclass: Exploring Nature in Summer
• The Outdoor Classrooms CIRCLE Membership
• Outdoor Classrooms Podcast: On your favorite platform or on my website

Looking for ideas to find funding for your learning gardens? Check out my article, "Garden Grants and Plans: Where to Look for Funding and How to Plan for Success"!

Topics in this episode: learning gardens, teaching gardens, makerspace garden, teaching outside, literacy garden, outdoor education

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