7 key elements to setting up your school veggie patch
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This document provides 7 key elements to starting a school veggie patch: location, soil, water, plants, funds, people, and fun. It discusses choosing a sunny location, improving soil quality, creatively capturing water, selecting affordable plants, applying for grants, designating responsibilities, and making the garden a fun hands-on learning experience for students. Activities like scavenger hunts and studying plant lifecycles are recommended to engage students and teach across subjects like science, geography, history, and math. Resources for starting a successful school garden are also listed.
7 key elements to setting up your school veggie patch
- 5. Location Sunlight Top of Mind Kids will be kids “ The garden is an asset it is a sales tool for the school ”
- 6. SOIL You are growing soil first Your garden doesn’t have to be raised beds Pots, pots and more pots “ Look at ways in which you can collect food scraps start a no dig garden ”
- 7. Water most valuable resource look at creative ways to capture water soil structure / wicking beds “ Speak to your local water body they can help you with resources some also offer grants ”
- 8. PLANTS Not expensive Plant selection Timing / schedule (gardenate) “Ask local nurseries for stock shrinkage ”
- 9. $$$ FUNDS $$$ Apply for Grants Ask local Businesses Fund raising ideas “ Nothing is sustainable unless it makes money ”
- 10. People Who is responsible (ownership) Parents > Teachers > Students Working bees Community Goal setting… “ Must have a common vision and timeline in place ”
- 11. FUN How do you make it fun… ENERGY and PASSION “ i’ve yet to met an unhappy gardener ”
- 12. 4 activities Activity 1. The scavenger hunt. Activity 2. Lifecycle of a plant. Activity 3. Walled garden Activity 4. Making compost doe
- 13. IDEAs for activities “ Need not be expensive ” Geography Draw a map of the school The origin of plants maths Capturing water and measuring results Germination ratios History The origin of plants Science Acid tests pollination