My school garden / Ο σχολικός μου κήπος

I started building a school garden at the back yard of my school about 10 years ago (2006) and ever since it has become a year-round educational programme with impact in the lives of learners, teachers, school communities and organisations. It has tuned out to be a long standing commitment, which promotes innovation linked with formal, non-formal and informal teaching and learning activities, alongside with the building of communities of practice for sharing common interests, knowledge, skills, competences and the joy of learning in the field.

During the school year 2014-2015 a National educational scenario contest has been conducted, under the Institute of Educational Policy (ΙΕΠ) with the title “School gardens and raised beds: production and disposal of agricultural products”, with the support of GreeNET and ISE. I acted as a promoter and facilitator of this contest in an attempt to build a community of practice out of this contest. In the beginning of June 2015, eight (8) school
scenarios have been selected, amongst others submitted, applying the evaluation criteria described in the contest announcement document. The schools range from kindergarten to primary and secondary, as well as one lyceum. Ten (10) teachers from these schools were selected to attend the summer school conducted at the Primary Science Laboratory in Rethymno Crete (http://efepereth.wikidot.com), during the period of 21st-25th of June 2015.
This contest is repeated during the current school year (2015-2016) and gradually a network of school gardens and teachers is being built with significant local and National impact in school communities and the creation of "edible school gardens" ...

Collaboration with Eropean Union Projects (over the last decade or so), such as: Organic.Edunet, Open Discovery Spsce, Inspiring Science Education, GreeNET, GreenWays etc.