David Livingstone Green: Garden Coordinator & Camp Facilitator of Lazy Daisy Garden Camp

In 2010 with financial support from the Vancouver Foundation, Breakfast Television and many in-kind donations we were able to create a robust culture of gardening at David Livingstone Elementary. Curriculum building was supported by UBC’s Think&EatGreen and Evergreen British Columbia. Below are several of the images of the project. 

Ten raised beds in a self contained school garden:

 

Orchard with fourteen fruit trees:

Compost Centre and school compost program:

Most robust ‘Recycling Centre’ in public school in British Columbia, created from upcycled shipping container:

    

Learning bench (Evergreem design):

Nature curriculum for grades 1-7. Curriculum created from British Columbia’s Environment Learning and Experience, Curriculum Maps.

Nature education resources and Seed Library. Library also included tools, resources and master curriculum guides for individual grades to help support teachers in the garden:

Bee Education: Mason bees house and Bee Club:

Garden Club’s Indoor Garden: