While there are many useful guides for school garden, this checklist serves as a guide to developing new school garden programs in DC. This checklist was adapted from the checklist created by Dorothy Mullen of the Princeton School Garden Cooperative and is meant to help DC schools get their gardens started, but it is also useful for existing school garden programs as a “check in” with where they are. The checklist was compiled based on data collected from over sixty site visits, numerous conversations with DC school garden organizations, and the wealth of teacher, parent, and administrators experience with school gardens.