This guide will help garden teams create a clear, strengths-based sustainability plan. By building on existing successes, skills, and resources, staff can plan for long-term growth while addressing future needs.

This planning sheet helps you identify your garden’s needs, set funding priorities, and prepare strong grant proposals. It also includes resources for finding garden-specific funding opportunities to support and sustain your program.

This guide highlights simple, consistent practices to keep your garden thriving. Learn the essentials of watering, weeding, and managing plant diseases to support healthy, productive, and attractive garden spaces.

This fact sheet offers a practical overview of soil health and amendments, helping you choose the right blend for raised beds, containers, or in-ground gardens. Learn the basics of building healthy soil to support strong plants, with guidance on compost, drainage, and amendments.

This toolkit provides practical resources, tips, and strategies to help your school or community garden thrive. From planning and partnerships to maintenance and community engagement, this toolkit supports you in building a lasting, resilient garden space.

This monthly garden maintenance guide has been developed for school and community gardens in California. The guide can be adapted for your specific region. Each month includes maintenance recommendations, garden tasks, and educational activities that can help educators utilize a garden for educational success throughout the year.

CDSS has launched a new PEARS Learning Management System (LMS) to access and register for PEARS Trainings. The new PEARS LMS will allow you to:

• Register for and access upcoming PEARS Zoom Trainings
• Watch previous recordings of PE..

This direct education webinar series was offered in collaboration between Statewide Training and CalFresh Healthy Living, UC.

This webinar was facilitated by the UC Davis Center for Regional Change, in collaboration with the UC Davis School of Education.

This recorded webinar equips staff with essential strategies for engaging individuals with disabilities and ensuring access to nutrition education, gardening, and physical activity programming