About our Courses
Each of these courses are developed to offer carefully curated foundational information about gardening. The short courses are for middle schoolers and and older. The comprehensive Natural Gardening for Families Foundational Course is meant for the whole family and are filled with readings, activities, process, tools, and resources all geared toward making it easy to design everything from your dream food landscape to a simple patio food garden. Remember, you can be creative but also, you can grow food for the whole family in a very small space! You will also learn about nutrition, choosing how to supplement your grown product, and how through backyard gardening you are contributing to the environment! Plus project planning, critical thinking, cooperation, and informed decision making! Have fun exploring!
Free Short Courses
- Safe & Savvy Food Preservation Basics
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Natural Gardening for Families Foundational Course
A guided journey into growing food, living with nature, and learning together.
COMING SOON!
Course Description
Gardening can feel overwhelming when you’re starting out. That’s why Root Delight created Natural Gardening for Families — a curated path with trusted resources, inspiring stories, and practical tools for all levels of learners.
It was specially design as an experience, not just series of videos but rather a mix of educational resources and practical exercises to make creating a glorious food garden fun and easy.
What You’ll Learn
- 🌱 How to build and care for healthy living soil
- 🥕 Planning and planting for seasonal success
- 🐞 Attracting beneficial insects
- 🍅 Cooking, preserving, and enjoying the harvest
- 🌿 Processes, practical tips, and family activities
How It Works
The course is set up into three complimentary sections specially design by a professional learning designer: Natural Gardening Basics, Planning & Planting, and Cooking & Preserving. You will be able to visit any topic area as you wish but each section is its own ‘path’. The framework of the course is written for ages middle school and up but there are resources specifically provided for the adults that are in the lead. You can easily skim through it, pick out how you want to use the resources and use them to jump start or up your gardening game.
Who It’s For
- People who want to grow food using sustainable natural methods!
- Parents looking for fun, educational family projects that teach gardening skills AND soft skills such as planning, observation, and critical thinking
- Beginners wanting to start small as well as novices who want to learn more.