With great play comes great responsibility. Here’s a friendly breakdown of typical warranty coverage for schoolyard installations and seasonal maintenance tips! Playground Walkthrough Before the playground opens, we have a construction walkthrough to ensure everything is ready for opening day. During this walkthrough with the TPL, contractors, and landscape architects, we discuss basic playground maintenance….

Before we dive into tree care, we have the students reflects on how the trees got to their yard. Here’s the timeline (Tree farm pics originally provided by Trees New York). See if students can recognize any NYC street trees from their seeds! How many can you get?         We love the…

This game can be adapted to any topic that involves numbers but it especially suits the topic of Green Infrastructure and water in your TPL schoolyard. After all, the the students will be surrounded by the very technology in question. This game promotes movement and exercise as students “vote” on the correct answer by running…

The Schoolyard Mini-grant application window is open! Applications are due on April 26th. As it’s warming up we want to remind you that we offer a $200-$1500 resource Mini-grant every year to support gardening and community programs in your TPL Schoolyard through the Spring-Summer-Fall season. *This is a reimbursement-style grant open ONLY to TPL-renovated schoolyards…

We often share solution-focused ways to teach about climate change in your schoolyard, but SubjectToClimate stands apart as an incredibly comprehensive site for free climate resources on all K-12 subjects. SubjectToClimate offers: You can sign up for their newsletter for the latest in climate education here. Let us know what lessons you use in your…

The NYC Green Fund Grassroots grant program through the CityPark Foundation and Partnership for Parks will provide funding support from $1,000 to $40,000 per year along with the option of two-year funding for returning grantees to better sustain projects long-term. This grant program is intended to advance the viability of grassroots initiatives across parks and…

It’s not glamourous but it’s neccessary! Here are some tips on an important part of keeping your playground tidy, less attractive to rats, and pleasant for all to enjoy. Though your custodial engineer and staff cleans your playground regularly, they can’t be there all the time. Any help you can give will make a tremendous…

https://www.citygardensclubnyc.org/outreach-programs/scholarships The City Gardens Club of New York is offering schoolarship opportunities to two of our favorite garden-based teacher trainings: the New York Botanical Garden and the Brooklyn Botanical Garden. Click above to apply!

Did you know that there are more living microorganisms in a tablespoon of soil than there are humans on earth?! Our beloved friends at GrowNYC Education recently hosted a fascinating soil science workshop. See their slides here with more fun soil facts! Your playground’s treepits and garden offer the perfect outdoor labratory to extend the…