Gardening

Bridging The Gap offers full technical support for developing and creating gardens. Gardens can be built on school grounds with school approval, or on a community or private plot where permission from the owner exists, and where the location is within walking distance from the school.

Bridging the Gap can assist in finding a location upon request.

Things to Know:

  • Costs are covered by Bridging the Gap
  • Where gardens have already been constructed, Bridging the Gap can work with students and staff to plant seeds, transplant seedlings, prepare garden beds for planting, maintain gardens over summer months and harvest food.
  • Gardens are grown without the use of pesticides or chemical fertilizers.
  • Programming includes educational components and traditional teachings with Indigenous facilitator.
  • Teachers, be prepared for students to get dirty!

Vegetable Gardening

Butterfly / Prairie Gardening

Three Sisters Gardening

This is a classic example of companion planting. The legendary "three sisters"—corn, pole beans, and either pumpkins or squash is one of the easiest and most satisfying to grow. 

The Medicine Wheel

The Medicine Wheel represents harmony and connections and is considered a major symbol of peaceful interaction among all living beings on Earth. In this program, students will learn about the medicine wheel and its history, as well as the symbolism behind the plants used in the wheel and will have an opportunity to plant/tend to them (sage, cedar, tobacco, sweetgrass.)
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