The Classroom Gardener is a collaborative project between Room To Play Educational Consulting and Victory Gardens Vancouver. Our customized consultations offer practical school garden expertise for non-profits, government agencies, community partners, school districts, and university faculties.
The Classroom Gardener offers researched and responsive whole system thinking with proven solutions for start up, maintenance, enhanced use, and seasonal frustrations associated with school garden use. We offer comprehensive and relevant pedagogical applications that support the daily practice of education professionals to ensure school gardens become beloved and shared spaces of cross-curricular learning within a school community.
Room to Play Consulting
Room to Play ConsultingMegan Zeni is the founder of Room to Play Consulting. Megan is a mother of three, with over 25 years of elementary classroom teaching experience. Megan works extensively with teachers across the province (and beyond) to support the use of school gardens as meaningful spaces of cross curricular learning. Megan is a PhD candidate at the University of British Columbia in the faculty of education. Her research interests include how elementary school teachers enact curricular learning outside the classroom.
Victory Gardens
Jenna Jaski represents Victory Gardens Vancouver, and has a BSc in Environmental Sciences. Jenna brings her passion for nature and learning to her role as Classroom Gardener project manager and lead facilitator. Through working with students, teachers, and workshop participants, Jenna is a beloved facilitator who is perfectly suited to share her knowledge and skills to support novice and experienced gardeners across the region.
Megan McLellan is a garden facilitator with Victory Gardens. While she holds a BA in Communications from SFU and attended BCIT for cabinet making, Megan’s experience and passion lies in commercial and nature-based photography. The intersection of nature, art, and collaboration is what piques her curiosity the most! Megan loves bringing her enthusiasm for the natural world to the students she engages with in the garden.
Tomas Burns is a lifelong gardener who is passionate about growing a greener planet for all to share and enjoy! He hopes to pass along his garden knowledge to the next generation as it was passed onto him. Tomas’ enthusiasm for learning, coupled with his patience and engaging curiosity make him a favourite facilitator among students!
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