Create a classroom experiment to test this benefit. Once the plants have grown at least 3 inches tall, you may begin your experiment. The other mini garden will have no trees. Set up a fan to blow on each of the gardens for at least 20 minutes. Discuss the results and impacts on each of the gardens.
Trees help hillside gardens keep their soil in place.
They protect the garden's precious topsoil from eroding or washing away. Not many people have the luxury of having the ideal conditions for planting a garden. Sometimes we must contend with the natural terrain that can include slopes. Talk with local arborists and landscape architects to see where trees could be planted to assist with preventing soil erosion around your hillside gardens. Trees near gardens attract the hungry animals and birds that might snack on your flowers and veggies.