School gardens
A garden is a classroom that keeps changing
What becomes possible when children can return to the same growing space, notice a change and ask a new question.
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Stories that
keep growing.
Books, articles and ideas from the Foundation—alongside stories about the people behind our work.
Featured children’s book
Plants Don’t Need Rain—
They Need Water
An Illustrated Story of Food, Hope, and Community
A story that begins with a question: what can we do with what we have? This illustrated children’s book brings food, hope and community into a story of growing together.
- Publisher
- Maggie Kay Foundation Press
- Language
- English
For copies, school reading activities and book enquiries, contact the Foundation.
From the Foundation
Articles & perspectives.
Original writing about school gardens, everyday care and thoughtful community exchange. These website perspectives are separate from peer-reviewed research and external media coverage.
Garden practice
The work between planting and harvest
A school garden is sustained by the routines and shared decisions that happen after the opening day.
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Visiting with purpose: listen before you plan
A thoughtful learning visit starts with the host’s priorities and ends with something useful left behind.
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In the press.
Passion for education drives alumna to help young women in her native Africa
A university profile of Maggie Kay’s education, the Foundation’s beginnings and her commitment to opportunity through learning.
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Let’s start a conversation.
Contact us about interviews, book enquiries, articles and opportunities to share the Foundation’s work.