Kitchen Garden Kids is a hands‑on, outdoor learning experience.

Students dig into the science of growing food while nurturing healthy bodies and minds. Through planting, harvesting and exploring soil and compost systems, students develop practical gardening skills and a deeper understanding of where food comes from. The program supports curiosity, collaboration and wellbeing, finishing with shared reflection and a calming cup of garden‑grown tea. 

Students rotate through three interactive garden experiences, learning how seeds grow, why soil health matters, and how seasonal produce supports healthy living. Sensory engagement is woven throughout, encouraging students to smell, touch, taste and observe the garden as a living system. 

Students will: 

• Learn what seeds need to grow and explore the concept of companion planting 

• Plant seeds to take back to school (or home), building a shared growing guild 

• Investigate soil health through hands‑on exploration of compost and worm systems 

• Participate in a sensory harvest, tasting, smelling and touching seasonal crops 

Teachers will:  

• Bring a box or container to take seedlings back to school  

• Receive resources to help look after seedlings  

• Receive access to curriculum aligned resources to help support connection to nature after your workshop 

Curriculum links:  

• Science  

• Health and PE  

• Design and Technologies (food and fibre) 

• Sustainability Cross-Curriculum Priority  

Duration: 60 – 75 minutes