Based on the authors' years of experience organizing and coordinating the school gardens of the San Francisco Unified School District, this terrific guide is filled with detailed, practical guidelines for organizing and running a school garden. Creating a plan, raising money, building the garden, connecting the garden to curriculum, and how to prepare the soil, plant, and harvest are among the topics. A concluding chapter offers garden lessons and activities, organized by season. The volume is illustrated throughout with photos and includes frequent inset boxes with tips and comments. Annotation ©2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)