Hands-on farm workshops, soil science, and wellness-linked learning for Toronto students — at Zawadi Farm in Downsview Park or in your classroom. Curriculum-linked, trauma-informed, and rooted in real soil.
Our SNAP Project in Rexdale brings sustainable agriculture into urban schools, creating hands-on learning experiences that align with numerous curricular strands, build community ties, encourage local food systems, and promote inclusivity.
Through the SNAP project, students and educators are empowered with skills and knowledge that extend beyond the classroom and back to their families and communities.
Flexible Workshop Design: Modules available for all seasons, grades, and learning environments. Every session integrates curriculum connections, mental health best practices, and hands-on work in the soil.
Book a School Programme →All programmes can be delivered at your school. Each session brings the soil science, the stories, and the living materials directly into your classroom. Modules are available for all seasons, grades, and learning environments. Soil Safari — Stories, soil demo, vermicompost introduction, games. 1 hour. Seedling Planting — Three-session series. Students build a worm bin, pot seedlings, and learn to care for their plants using the Provide and Protect method. From $5/student. Build a Container Garden — Students build and take home a self-watering container garden. Guided art activity connects personal story to soil and growth. 2–3 half-day sessions. From $8/student. Build a Worm Bin — Turn waste into wonder. Hands-on indoor vermicompost bin fabrication. Students leave with their own home composter. 2–3 hours. Raised Bed Gardens — A hands-on climate action project where students build and tend an outdoor growing garden. 2–3 sessions. $22/student.
Book a School Programme →All grades and learning environments
Modules available year-round
We come to you, or you come to us
Approved vendor. All paperwork provided.
All fees are per group of 15 students, plus HST. Let us know your budget — we will do what we can to make these experiences available to everyone.
“Working with Growing Growers was a truly rewarding experience for both my students and myself as an educator! I found the practical component of the workshop the most helpful. I am completely satisfied with all the components — science, mental health, hands-on building, art and handouts.”
— Grade 5/6 Teacher
“Our school benefited from how these workshops connected to curriculum and promoted high student engagement. We would like to see more workshops extending to other grades.”
— School Principal
“How to make our own vegetable buckets. All you need is rocks and minerals, bottles, compost, Invisibles, and Visibles. Soil and mulch. My rose is when we got to decorate the bucket with Mr. Robinson and Mrs. Robinson.”
— Grade 5 Student
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