Course: Plant-Kind | Propagate Learning


    • What’s the Plant-Kind resource all about?

      This Plant-Kind resource was inspired by the amazing biodiversity-friendly work in schools and early years settings. It's a platform where teachers and learning practitioners can share examples with each other – whether they’re big or small, we celebrate them all! 

      Together we can #BePlantKind.


      National Heritage Lottery Fund logoThe Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh (RBGE) is part-way through a 4-year Planting Connections project made possible by the National Heritage Lottery Fund, thanks to National Lottery Players. This project reaches out to schools and community groups across Scotland to highlight the importance of plant biodiversity. We’ve seen wonderful plant-kind activities taking place in learning settings and want to showcase these. 

      Who's this resource for?

      The plant-kind examples will be useful to teachers and learning practitioners – and potentially to pupils who are part of environmental leadership groups like eco-school committees etc. 

      How will this resource grow?

      There is no one way to be plant-kind, so having lots of examples will help us all to get inspired! We plan to grow this resource until the end of 2026, so please keep checking back every few months for new ideas and activities. We’d love you to share something your school or learning setting has been doing that's plant-kind.

    • How can I contribute an example of a plant-kind action?

      It couldn’t be easier! Simply email plantkindlearning@rbge.org.uk a photo (or video, or series of photos, or audio recording) with 2-3 sentences of text explaining the action. Please include your school name, class name and/or teacher name in your text.


      Send your Plant-Kind action

      Online resources for learning settings

      If you work for an organisation that encourages plant-kind actions and would like us to flag up your resources, please also email plantkindlearning@rbge.org.uk. We will be collating a list of organisations’ resources for schools and early years settings.

      #Plant-Kind actions for everyone

      If you’ve got an idea which would work better for individuals or community groups (rather than school and early years settings) please feel free to send this to plantkindlearning@rbge.org.uk – we may be able to promote this in other ways!

  • How can I link up with Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh as a teacher/early years practitioner?

    We’d love to keep in touch – find ways to connect with us below (links will open in a new tab):

    • Virtual Adventures

      If you have upper primary pupils, watch this space for upcoming virtual live events and in the meantime watch the Scottish Roots session we ran with eSgoil as part of their Scotland’s Assembly programme.

      Primary School In-person Programme at RBGE

      If you’re based near Edinburgh, have a look at our programme of workshops at the Edinburgh Garden for primary schools.

      If you’re based near Logan Botanic Garden, check out our schools’ week programme.

      Online Learning Resources

      Have a look at our fantastic online resources for teachers

      Sign up to our Newsletter

      If you would like to hear more about our schools programmes across Scotland (in-person and online), sign up to our newsletter and tell us where you’re based and what age group you teach.

      Social Media

      Follow RBGE_Education on Twitter

      Let us know about your work by featuring the hashtag #BePlantKind in your social media posts