GARDENStoGROW 

Description

GARDENStoGROW is a project co-financed by the Erasmus+ programme of the European Union. The project aims to encourage the adoption of innovative and inclusive pedagogical practices at pre-school level, based on urban and social horticulture, in 4 European countries (Italy, Spain, the UK, Bulgaria), for the development and acquisition of basic, civic and transversal competences.

GARDENStoGROW gardens will become permanent and living “learning places” for local schools, pupils, children and families, where they can meet and learn from each other.

The project will generate 4 Intellectual Outputs:

• IO1GARDENStoGROW Inventory;
• IO2 GARDENStoGROW Methodology Guidelines;
• IO3 GARDENStoGROW Educational Materials & Training course;
• IO4 Learning, Affordable, Inclusive and Open Gardens for Innovative ECEC practices.

Moreover, GARDENStoGROW will organise 2 training activities, in Italy and in the UK, 4 multiplier events to disseminate the project results, 4 transnational meetings and 4 management and implementation activities.

Together with Explora, GARDENStoGROW includes 10 European partners – 4 universities and research centres, 1 children’s museum, 1 foundation and 4 schools:

• ALMA MATER STUDIORUM – University of Bologna, Department of Agricultural Sciences;
• UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI PARMA – University of Parma, Department of Humanities, Social Sciences and Cultural Industries;
• the research centre STEPS S.r.l., Bologna;
• the school ISTITUTO COMPRENSIVO CLAUDIO ABBADO, pre-primary school Plesso Leonarda Vaccari Roma;
• MUZEIKO FOUNDATION, children’s museum of Sofia, Bulgaria;
• Cosmos Kids 1 LTD, a pre-primary school of Sofia, Bulgaria;
• SOUTH WEST COLLEGE, university of Northern Ireland, UK;
• Dungannon Primary School, Northern Ireland, UK;
• FUNDACIÓN TIERRA INTEGRAL of Bullas, Spain;
• pre-primary school ESCUELA DE EDUCACION INFANTIL N1 of Bullas, Spain. 
  

Discover GARDENStoLEARN, the online toolkit for early childhood teachers and educators. It provides resources and technical advice for creating inclusive educational gardens and training courses for early childhood teachers and school managers to develop basic, civic and transversal skills for the 3-6 age group.

GARDENStoGROW is a project co-funded by the Erasmus+ Programme of the European Union (2017-1-IT02-KA201-036449).