At the end of the project your students will have completed the unit activities as part of the process of developing their group and individual gardening projects. The hands-on activities in this project are designed to provide a basic working knowledge of concepts and skills surrounding vegetable gardening. These activities include material n plant growth and development, relevant information regarding soil and water as it relates to the vegetable garden, insects that might come across in their gardens as well as applicable information about environmental horticulture. Each student is required to help develop and maintain a small area of garden space as an individual or with a partner. The minimum space needed is three square feet or a comparable container space.
Students can use their individual garden to get creative.
They can use theme to build their garden around, or they can plant some old favorites. The group garden is the main project of this unit, which the students create together. A minimum of one square foot per child or a comparable container space is needed for this project. Garden planting is incorporated as one of the activities in this unit, called Paper Towel Gardening. Students ill e able to experience the development of three different types of crops, roots, leaves, and fruits.