Toyota Evergreen Learning Grounds helps schools and their communities create outdoor classrooms, providing students with a healthy place to play, learn and develop a genuine respect for nature.

The Outdoor Classroom Institute will be taking place this August in Toronto, Edmonton, and Winnipeg! Teachers can register now for this unique 3- and 4-day professional development opportunity.

How we can help:

Expert Assistance

• Contact one of our consultants for help in your area.
• Check out our workshop series in Vancouver, Edmonton, Winnipeg, Toronto, Ottawa, Montreal, Halifax, Durham, and Kitchener/Waterloo.
• Send us your questions and we'll answer them promptly by email.

Funding and Grants

• Receive funding for your project, available to Canadian public schools and not-for-profit daycares.
• Apply early: $500–$2,000 for schools; $500–$1,000 for daycares.
• Applications are accepted starting in September of each year. The 2009–2010 intake is now closed. Find out more about next year’s intake.

Resources

• Explore our resources and newsletters to help green your school ground.
• Browse the Native Plant Database for information about plants that work best in your ecozone.
• Learn about school food gardens and check out the Bean Keepers Project.

Working with School Boards

• Creating lasting, large scale greening improvements on Canadian school grounds.
• Ensuring greening projects are well designed, well used, and sustainable.
• Develop guidelines and processes customized to your school board.

Teacher Training and Lesson Plans

• Find lesson plans and techniques for teaching outdoors in Teacher's Corner.
• Participate in the three-day Outdoor Classroom Institute, an intensive teacher training opportunity.
• Mark your calendar for our workshop series.

Design Training

• Attend the annual Forum, which brings designers together with administrators, facilities managers, teachers, researchers and specialists
• Keep updated on our workshop series schedule.

The Toyota Evergreen Learning Grounds program is made possible through the generous support of our National Title Partner:

Green Street supports Evergreen in providing free environmental learning and sustainability education programs to schools across Canada. Green Street is a standard of excellence in environmental learning and sustainability. It offers a variety of high quality environmental learning and sustainability programs that actively engage Canadian elementary and secondary school students in learning about the environment, promoting environmental stewardship and taking further action. Visit Green Street at green-street.ca. Toyota Evergreen Learning Grounds is a Green Street approved program.