<p><em>Outdoor Classrooms: A Handbook for School Gardens </em>is ideal for teachers and home educators who want to incorporate education at all levels of the school curriculum with an emphasis on:</p><ul><li>setting up edible gardens</li><li>teaching children about growing food</li><li>food security and economics</li><li>human and planetary health</li><li>permaculture and sustainability.</li></ul><p>Beautifully illustrated throughout, <em>Outdoor Classrooms</em> is presented as two streams of thought:</p><p>Carolyn takes us through the history of school gardens and articulates the need for a revival before leading us on an enticing journey of the imagination into the schoolyard and delight in the natural world.</p><p>Janet then offers a comprehensive and practical plan for developing “a successful, supported school garden that has the potential to benefit an entire community.”</p>