SEARCA and partners will hold back-to-back knowledge events on school gardens -- the International Conference on School Gardens and Training of Trainers on Scaling up the School-plus-home Gardens in Southeast Asia on 16-21 April 2018 at the SEARCA Headquarters, Los Baños, Laguna.

The two events are an offshoot of SEAMEO's School and Home Gardens Project, which was approved by the SEAMEO High Officials for dissemination in Southeast Asia to improve school children's nutrition, education, and economic well-being. With the theme "Leveraging the Multifunctionality of School Gardens," the International Conference will draw lessons from the different models of school gardens implemented in different countries. The Training of Trainers will serve as a platform for exchanging knowledge, experiences, and success stories that shall strengthen implementation of similar School-plus-Home Garden Projects already being undertaken or to be initiated in the SEAMEO member states.