Starting a School or Community Garden: Essential Steps for Success
Course Overview
The Starting a School or Community Garden: Essential Steps for Success course is designed for those interested in starting a community or school garden, as well as those that have just started a garden project. In this course participants will learn about:
- Managing Gardens
- Garden Goals
- Gathering Champions and Support
- Garden Management and Decision Making
- Garden Sustainability and Funding
- Garden Planning
- Site selection
- Soil overview
- Basics of plant selection
- Garden Problem Solving
- Real-world examples from real school and community gardens
This is a free, self-paced course developed by Michigan State University (MSU) Extension's Community Food Systems and Consumer Horticulture teams. This course will take approximately five to seven hours to complete. Participants who wish to receive a certificate can do so by completing the final quiz.
For those seeking in-depth horticultural information, check out these other courses:
Course Format
Self-paced Online Course
Price
FREE
REGISTRATION INSTRUCTIONS (FOLLOW STEPS 1-3 BELOW)
To register for this course you will need to create an account, sign in with your email/password, and complete the registration process. To watch a video tutorial, demonstrating an overview of the registration process, click on the following link: Online Course Registration Video Tutorial. Step-by-step instructions are below.
STEP #1: Create your Michigan State University Guest Account by selecting the Create Your MSU Guest Account button below. (For detailed instructions visit the following web page: Instructions: Creating Your Guest Account.) Once you have created your guest account, return back to this page.
STEP #2: Click on the button below to login to the registration system with your Guest Account (your email) and Password. Upon registration you will receive an email with instruction on how to login to the course.
Register: Starting a School or Community Garden: Essential Steps for Success
STEP #3: Once you are registered you may login to the course.
More Information
For more information, please contact Kelly McClelland arment11@msu.edu or Barslund Judd juddbars@msu.edu.
Technical Assistance
If you have any technical problems, please contact the Michigan State University IT Service Desk from 7am-12am Monday through Friday and 10am-12am on Saturday/Sunday, any day that the University is open.
- Phone: (517) 432-6200
- Phone (toll free): 1 (844) 678-6200
Frequently Asked Questions
What is my username/NETID?
Your username (or NET ID) is the email address you used to create your account during registration (you use the same email address/password for registering and for taking the course).
What URL do I go to for logging into the course?
Go to: https://d2l.msu.edu/. You will see the Michigan State University at the top of the page. Login with the email address and password you set during the registration process.
I received a “not authenticated” response when trying to login – what do I do?
A “not authenticated” message is typically an issue with a password not being entered correctly.
I forgot my password – where can I reset it?
If you need to reset your password at any time go to https://auth.msu.edu/ and select the option for "Need help Signing in."
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