Preparing the Ground supports the community of the SFUSD school garden educators and their garden projects. Preparing the Ground helps build and sustain San Francisco's school gardens by providing resources and advocacy for environmental education.



Curriculum Coming Soon!



Preparing the Ground is now collecting curriculum for its FREE curriculum database. If you would like to contribute please contact Sybil Tate.







SF Chronicle highlights the school garden movement


"Just a few years ago, the idea of a "green school" probably referred to the color of paint on exterior walls.

Even as the world debated the best ways to slow or stop global warming, schools were often off the radar. Saving the Earth lagged far behind education's top priority of raising test scores.

But that's changing." More...

"The Dirt" Blog

Every month "The Dirt" features news from a different school garden. This month we're featuring the...JUNE JORDAN SCHOOL GARDEN! Read "The Dirt" Blog.