School Gardens with Ease

About School Gardens with Ease

Discover how to effortlessly integrate school gardens into your elementary or middle school curriculum with the School Gardens with Ease Podcast. This podcast is your go-to resource for creating flourishing and productive food gardens that provide long-term educational benefits. Learn tips, strategies, and insights to help you grow and maintain a sustainable school garden that enhances your teaching and inspires students for years to come.

Publisher

Leila

Category

education

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

17 Jun 2024

Latest episode

22 Feb 2026

Latest episodes

87 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   22 Feb 2026

   73: What Can Parents Do to Help Build a School Garden?

   Send a text Many school gardens are started with the best of intentions by dedicated, caring parents. Yet again and again, these gardens struggle or fail within a short time. Why does this happen, and what should parents actually do if they want to support a thriving school garden? In this episode, Leila Mireskandari draws on over a decade of experience working with schools to explain a hard but essential truth: school gardens are educational programs, not parent run projects. Because of this...

2. 

   17 Feb 2026

   72: Which Oasis Program Is Right for You? A Complete Guide for Teachers

   Send a text If you’re interested in teaching through food gardens but feel unsure which Oasis program fits your classroom, this episode walks you through the full Oasis suite so you can choose with confidence. Leila explains the differences between Oasis Classroom, Caja Oasis, and Oasis School, who each program is designed for, and how they support teachers at different stages, from indoor seed growing to full regenerative outdoor gardens. All Oasis programs are created for grades 3–8 and are...

3. 

   7 Feb 2026

   71: Let’s Grow an Oasis in Your Classroom This Spring

   Send us a text What if you didn’t need raised beds, irrigation systems, or expensive equipment to start a school garden? In the first episode of Season 3, Leila Mireskandari—founder of Kids Growing City and longtime school-garden educator—shares why successful school gardens don’t begin outdoors. They begin in the classroom. After growing school gardens full-time for more than a decade, Leila explains a simple but powerful truth: school gardens are taught into existence. Instead of pouring en...

Reach and audience

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YouTube views

30,688

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

2 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

3 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 58 / 100

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Quality

74

Social presence

0

YouTube

76

Engagement

32

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