Community Garden Project for Preschool | Lessons & Printables

What could your preschoolers grow together? This community garden project starts with a question children can explore: what is a community garden, and who is it for? Through guided discussions, pictures, and activities, they can learn why people share garden spaces before planning one of their own.

As the project unfolds, children can talk about tools and materials, choose what they might plant, and draw their own garden ideas. This lesson plan is perfect for nurturing social awareness, fostering nature connections, and planting seeds of responsibility—all while having a blast outdoors!

What's Included

• Community garden lessons: Lessons on what community gardens are, who uses them, their purpose, and the tools and materials they need, with discussion recording sheets and student activities.
• Garden planning: A garden-design lesson, student activity sheets, a lesson on what to plant, and 18 gardening tools and materials cards.
• Planting ideas: Seasonal garden posters plus butterfly, pizza, giant’s, and rainbow garden visuals and plant cards.
• Teaching visuals: A preschool gardening book list, community garden and gardening-benefits posters, and a children’s gardening activities poster.
• Bonus planning materials: Community garden binder cover, watering, weeding, and rain charts, rain-gauge instructions, and gardening chore charts.

Learning Benefits

• Community awareness: Explore how a shared garden can be used by different people.
• Language and discussion: Ask questions, share ideas, and explain choices during guided conversations.
• Planning and decision-making: Think about what a garden needs and choose what to include in a design.
• Early science: Connect plants, seasons, weather, and gardening tools to a meaningful project.
• Recording and representation: Use drawings, activity sheets, and charts to show ideas and observations.
• Cooperation: Practice listening to others while imagining a garden for a group to share.

Important Digital Details

• Instant Download: Access your file immediately after purchase. No physical items will be shipped.
• Print and Prep: For best results, print posters & cards on cardstock and laminate for daily classroom use. Print instructions and worksheets on standard 8.5" x 11" paper.
• Usage Policy: Licensed for personal use or a single classroom only.