Each of my students keeps a garden journal. We try to write about the garden at least once a week. In their journals, the students have illustrations and writing that details what we are growing and our garden activities. Each time we write, they do a detailed, labelled drawing and a written explanation.
Sometimes we write together and the students copy the journal entry into their book. Sometimes the students write their own entry based on what is most interesting to them in the garden.
You can get as fancy as you want, but a basic scribbler works as a garden journal. There are several options – scribblers with half blank pages are good for illustrations, but I find that the full size notebooks are better for the amount of writing we do each time. My students will make their illustration on blank paper and then glue it into their journal, or simple draw right on the lined pages.
While we journal weekly about the garden, the students are free to write about our garden any time they are working on writing.
Teaching From the Garden 