Together, we make learning come alive!
For over 10 years, Little Green Thumbs has helped students and teachers across Canada become food producers right in their own classroom.
10
years of Little Green Thumbs
We wouldn’t trade a second of learning, growing, eating and sharing!
Like every adventure and every garden, the Little Green Thumbs story is full of success, challenge, joy, defeat, surprise and a ton of memories.
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A garden is more than the sum of it’s parts!
Gardens are living laboratories, engaging students in hands-on exploration of our food, agriculture and environment.
389
schools in our network
498
classroom gardens across Canada
1000+
teachers trained
1500+
harvest salad-brations have brought classrooms, schools and community together
1800+
classroom visits by dedicated Little Green Thumbs coordinators and garden mentors
14,000+
Little Green Thumbs students dig in each year
100,000+
Little Green Thumbs over the past 10 years
Millions
of seeds planted!
Countless Memories
10 years in
and this is just the beginning…
Thanks to our national partner
Thank you to our friends and partners
A special gift for our Little Green Thumbs teachers
Free inquiry learning course and e-book
We’ve partnered with inquiry-based learning expert, Tiffany Poirier, a.k.a. The Inquiry Ninja, on a free inquiry learning course, The Question Toolbox. The course features Tiffany’s keynote address from our recent School Garden Summit, along with a free copy of her e-book, The Question Toolbox.
Participate in a Discussion Forum, ask Tiffany questions, share your own ideas, and continue to grow the learning. This is course is free to Little Green Thumbs teachers only — an exclusive gift courtesy of Little Green Thumbs and Inquiry Ninja.
Sign in with your teacher log-in to the Little Green Thumbs website to access The Question Toolbox!
One-year subscription to Green Teacher Magazine.
All of our Little Green Thumbs teachers now have a digital subscription! You also gain full access to an archive of 80+ webinars and 400+ articles and activities from recent issues of the magazine.
Sign in with your teacher log-in to the Little Green Thumbs website to access your Green Teacher subscription!
New digital storybook
Follow Little Green Thumb on an adventure to plan a 10th Birthday Rainbow Salad-bration! Read-along with your students. Continue the learning with activities that make learning about vegetables fun and encourage kids to ‘Eat a Rainbow’ of fresh fruits and vegetables.
