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A user friendly manual containing easy to read chapters on all components of starting, developing, enhancing, stewarding, and utilizing an OUSD school garden.
Relevant tools, resources, and forms are linked in the RESOURCES section of the toolkit (Page 60 on).
EFG Champion Log: Use this form to complete your 3 required EFG Champion logs for the 2026-27 school year
Tool Lending Library Form: Use this form to check out tools for stewardship in your school garden or to request garden supplies/tools from The Center's inventory
U-Pick Seeds, Starts, and Landscape Materials Form: Use this form to check out your seeds, plant starts, and landscape materials from The Center's Nursery inventory
Bulk Landscape Materials Order Form: Use this form to order bulk landscape materials for your schools garden (will be approved on a case-by-case basis). Note: for smaller projects, bagged soil, compost, landscape mulch, and straw bales are available to U-Pick at The Center Nursery
School Garden Improvements Form: Use this form for site creation, improvement, and renovation requests in school garden spaces
Do not use garden hoses to wash produce or to drink. If you do wash any produce with the hose, the produce needs to be re-washed at a source that has been confirmed to be free of lead. Refer to OUSD’s Water Quality webpage for more information.
Only drink water from sources that are confirmed to be free of lead. These sources can be identified with a sticker like this one -->
All sites should use Flexzilla Hoses in their school garden where edible plants are grown, watered and harvested. Note: All harvested produce should still be washed in a sink with a Water Quality Sticker prior to eating.
All 2025-26 EFG Champion Participating Schools Sites should have recieved a Flexzilla Hose last year from the OUSD Operations team. If you are an EFG Champion please order a Flexzilla Hose using the Tool Lending Library Form. If your school does not have an EFG Champion, please contact efgprograms@ousd.org for support.
Watch and learn about compost, garden beds, and more here!