Curricula, Guides & Manuals

Curricula                                                     

• A Year in the Forest
• Got Veggies: A Garden-Based Nutrition Education Curriculum
• Got Dirt
• Seed to Table
• Linking Land and People
• Youth Garden Portal lesson plans and books: 
  • In the Garden
  • In the Classroom

Guides & Manuals

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Curricula

A Year in the Forest

(From Youth Grow Local's Nature Study program.)

A Year in the Forest is a place-based, year-round curriculum specially designed for the sugar maple woodland at Troy Gardens. The curriculum includes four units—each corresponding with a season of the year—as well as appendices of helpful resources for teachers. To develop A Year in the Forest, we recruited a wonderful curriculum development team composed of EE professionals, University of Wisconsin-Madison graduate and undergraduate students, and a recent high school graduate who had participated in a variety of educational programs at Troy Gardens during his youth.

A Year in the Forest may be downloaded below by section.

• Table of Contents
• Winter in the Forest
• Spring in the Forest
• Summer in the Forest
• Fall in the Forest
• Appendix I: Games
• Appendix II: Recipes
• Appendix III: Crafts
• Appendix IV: Songs
• Appendix V: Stories and Poems
• Appendix VI: Lesson Resources
• Appendix VII: Bibliography of Helpful & Inspiring Resources

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Guides and Manuals

Natural Areas

(From the Urban Natural Areas program.)

• NEW Troy Gardens Natural Areas Management Plan - Revised December 2010
• Youth Roots, Community Canopy: A Guide for Working with Teens on Forest Management Activities
• Executive Summary: Evaluation of Management Plan
• Woodland Management Plan
• "Where the Sidewalk Ends": Edible Garden Guide
• Troy Gardens Prairie Wildflower Guide

Community Gardens 

• From the Ground Up, a guide to basic vegetable, flower, and herb gardening for new gardeners