Have you heard of the Wood Wide Web? And no, that’s not a typo! Certain kinds of fungi share a symbiotic connection with plants, allowing for the distribution of critical resources—think sugar, nitrogen, and phosphorus—between each other.
Well, that’s kind of like AMA and our partners.
As a community connector, we love bringing teachers together with our network of green thumbs, local garden centres, food literacy experts, and suppliers. From discounts on classroom equipment to curriculum resources and advice, our partners are the strong roots of the School Garden Studio.
Let’s Grow Together: Become a Partner
If you’re interested in becoming a School Garden Studio partner, get in touch by emailing us at school.gardens@ama.ab.ca.
Meet Our Partners
AMA School Garde Studio partners are listed alphabetically.
Based in High River, Alberta, these local experts specialize in helping set-up aquaponics systems in the classroom to teach sustainable farming practices.
The AMA Community Foundation supports issues that are close to your heart, including initiatives that work to towards climate good, childhood safety, food security, and safe communities.
Dedicated to conservation, healthy animals, scientific excellence and education, this Edmonton born business supplies most of the western Canadian school system with locally reared, sustainable, healthy, educationally informed caterpillar kits.
Hive Hero—previously known as Paradis Valley Honey—has crafted premium raw honey and pollen for Albertans for generations. They’re passionate about producing pure, natural honey, and also support efforts to maintain ethical beekeeping practices, environmental stewardship, community engagement, and sustainability.
InkSmith, powered by Forward Education, specializes in purpose-driven STEM education tailored for your classroom.
The Interfaith Food Bank Society of Lethbridge is passionate about alleviating hunger and its root causes. Among the food bank’s many resources and services is the Interfaith Learning Garden, which was established to help people learn to grow their own food, enhance food security, and promote a healthy lifestyle.
Sea to Sky Botanics is working towards the development of indoor farms that provide an alternative to the traditional hydroponic seatainer farm. These farms are a fraction of the price of hydroponic farms, are lower maintenance, have shallow learning curves and can grow root crops and large vining fruit crops.
Sheryl Normandeau, BA, is a Master Gardener and writer from Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Her books, blog and other gardening information is available on her site Flowery Prose.