What is included in the package?
- A letter for the teacher.
- An envelope containing a letter for the pupils from the gardener from the Taste Mission Vegetable Garden.
- Ten packets of seeds: spinach, Swiss chard, radishes, lettuce, carrots, romaine lettuce, courgette, rocket, beetroot and pointed cabbage.
- A 2026 sowing calendar.
Click here for the registration form. Click here for the information page, including Frequently Asked Questions.
How can you make vegetable gardening effective?
Research has shown that vegetable gardening can have positive effects on children's behaviour. But how can you organise it for the greatest impact? The Model Intervention School Gardening is a good example. Although these guidelines were developed for grades 5 through 8, the tips can also be applied to grades 1 through 4:
- Location: Provide a practical, educational and accessible school garden in the open air.
- Guidance: Arrange expert support from teachers, volunteers and/or gardening experts.
- Activities: Provide 10–12 varied lessons and gardening activities that align with children's experiences and in which children play an active role in sowing, caring for and harvesting different crops.
- Consider children's wishes and needs: To keep children motivated, it is important to find a good balance between activities that children really enjoy and those they enjoy less. In addition, add colour to the garden and give children who appreciate it gloves to work in the garden.
Embark on the Taste Mission – Vegetable Garden
Let your pupils in grades 1 through 4 discover, through play, how plants grow and which creatures live in the vegetable garden. Together with the gardener, they will experience an interactive lesson full of learning and practical fun!
The Taste Mission Vegetable Garden can be found on the online learning platform Chef! Log in to Chef! or create a free account via www.voedseleducatie.nl and go to Offer - Lesson programmes - Taste Mission Vegetable Garden.
Click here for the Taste Mission Vegetable Garden.