Available FREE to schools nationwide
Getting Started, designed and published by the Center in collaboration with Life Lab Science Program, includes instructions for selecting and preparing sites and maintaining gardens and for connecting gardens to the classroom.

Inside California: Getting Started is available at no cost to California teachers upon request, as part of a school garden resource packet from the California Dept. of Education "Garden in Every School" program.

To request a packet, contact the Nutrition Services Division, California Department of Education, at gardengrant@cde.ca.gov

Outside California: The Center for Ecoliteracy will continue donating copies of Getting Started to U.S. organizations working with schools outside of California until February 15, 2009. To request copies, please contact the Center and tell us about your program.

Center for Ecoliteracy
2528 San Pablo Avenue
Berkeley, CA 94702
info@ecoliteracy.org