Free resources for gardens and kitchens.
Download the guides we used to share with families, teachers, and anyone growing food in Alabama — planting calendar, home-garden toolkit, classroom cooking lessons, and at-home worksheets. No login required.
Schoolyard Roots exists to get more hands in the soil and more kids tasting what they grew. These downloads are the public tools we've published to support that work: how to start a garden at home, what to do in an Alabama school garden each month, how to cook with students, and simple worksheets for learning without a screen.
Print them. Share them with a classroom or a neighbor. Tag @schoolyardroots if you use them — we like seeing what you grow.
Featured downloads
Garden toolkit for the home gardener
Raised beds, compost, seed starting, crop rotation, and more — a user-friendly guide built from thousands of hours of garden work.
Alabama school garden calendar
Month-by-month “What to Expect” and “Garden Tasks” for an Alabama school garden, so the year is easier to remember.
Developed with the Alabama Farm to School Program. Twelve K–5 cooking lessons, recipes and printable recipe cards, and tips from cooking with students in classrooms and gardens.
Cooking in the Classroom
Coloring sheets
Garden-themed coloring pages. Print and use in class, at a family night, or at the kitchen table.