Abstract
Objective: To review in the scientific literature about pedagogical projects in environmental education awareness through the implementation of a school garden, methodological concepts, as well as its impact on the construction of environmental awareness in society. Methods: It is a research of qualitative approach of the type of literature review seeking to answer the following problematic The garden as a didactic resource: pedagogical practices for the development of environmental awareness in Early Childhood Education "may contribute to the development of habits and related behaviors with the formation of environmental awareness? Results and Discussion: In this way, there was an intention to develop environmental awareness in the education of the students and to make children aware of values that lead to preservation and care for the environment through the school garden project, in order to reach the objectives, the study was based on the principles of Environmental Education expressed in article 4 of Law 9,794 of April 1999. Final considerations: It can be concluded that the learning of children through the school garden project, provides behavioral changes and habit formation healthy. The pedagogical activities and their practices in the cultivation of vegetables and the use in the school lunch contributed to develop the environmental awareness in the children who took the knowledge acquired in the project to their social life.