Food Growing Resources
Choose from curriculum guides, lesson plans and a range of other resources to support you to teach through food growing.
Latest Update
Our food growing resources are now available in both the English and Welsh language! Click on the icons below to download our brand new Welsh versions.
Thank you to Cardiff Council and All Saints Educational Trust for making these translations possible.
How to guides + videos
Sowing seeds in raised beds
Step-by-step instructions on how to sow seeds in raised beds.
Sowing seeds for the greenhouse
Step-by-step instructions on how to sow seeds for the greenhouse.
Planting out seedlings
Step-by-step instructions on how to plant out seedlings.
Propagating Herb Cuttings
Step-by-step instructions on how to propagate herb cuttings.
Propagating Strawberries
Step-by-step instructions on how to propagate strawberry runners.
Watering your plants
Step-by-step instructions on how to water your plants.
Lesson plans
Maths lesson
Sowing seeds in raised beds – measuring and estimating.
Literacy lesson
Planting out seedlings - instructional language.
Science lesson
Harvesting crops - plant life cycles.
Design and Technology Lesson
Crop Protection - design and build structures to protect crops from pests.
Activities + Games
Heroes and Villains
Learn about common animals we find in the garden and decide if they are good (a hero) or bad (a villain) for the garden.
Postcards from the garden
Draw and write about your discoveries in the garden.
The Edible Detectives
Identify different vegetables, herbs and fruits and learn how to group them based on which part we eat.
Crop Guides - Edible Flowers
Crop Guides - Herbs
Crop Guides - Vegetables
Beetroot
Growing guide.
Carrots
Growing guide.
Courgettes
Growing guide.
French beans
Growing guide.
Peas
Growing guide.
Pumpkins
Growing guide.
Radish
Growing guide.
Salad leaves
Growing guide.
Tomatoes
Growing guide.
Gardening advice
Composting Poster
Find out what to put in your compost bins.
Tool labels
Quick guide to help identify your tools.
Weed ID poster
Find out which weeds are safe for your compost, and which ones are not.
Wormery Poster
Find out what to feed you worms.
Curriculum guides
Year 1
Year 1 curriculum guide.
Year 2
Year 2 curriculum guide.
Year 3
Year 3 curriculum guide.
Year 4
Year 4 curriculum guide.
Year 5
Year 5 curriculum guide.
Year 6
Year 6 curriculum guide.
Expressive Arts Curriculum Guide
Expressive Arts Curriculum guide.
Health and Wellbeing Curriculum
Health and Wellbeing Curriculum guide.
Humanities Curriculum Guide
Humanities Curriculum guide.
Language, Literacy and Communication Curriculum Guide
Language, Literacy and Communication Curriculum Guide
Mathematics and Numeracy Curriculum Guide
Mathematics and Numeracy Curriculum Guide.
Science and Technology Curriculum Guide
Science and Technology Curriculum Guide
You can also download the complete booklet (Curriculum Guides Year 1-6) here.
Other resources we recommend
Looking for more outdoor learning/school gardening information? Check out these external resources, from Garden Organic, Woodland Trust and more.
Click hereThanks to the support from Bulb and All Saints Educational Trust, all our educational resources are free to download.