Garden growth provides many opportunities for engagement. Whether you’re new to gardening or a veteran, an well maintained garden is easier to teach in. When growing with a large audience, we recommend planting your Learning Garden, or a portion of your Learning Garden, with a theme or several themes in mind. This will help encourage and enable students as well as adults to learn and use new plants and may even add value to your garden. Please use the following Themed Garden plans or create your own theme and assemble a garden to fit your needs.

How-Tos

• Amending Soil and Plant Nutrients
• Mulching Your Garden
• Keep your Learning Garden Weed Free
• Pests and Plant Diseases
• Thinning Young Plants
• Trellising Tomatoes and Cucumbers
• How to Grow Potatoes

Activities and Lessons

• Seed Planting Activity
• Plant Growth Garden Journal
• Miracle Mix Experiment

Videos

• Amending Your Soil with Compost
• Thinning Carrots
• Pruning Tomatoes
• Trimming and Topping Basil
• Mulching Your Garden
• Assessing Lettuce Growth
• Assessing Radish Growth
• Assessing Pea Shoots Growth
• Assessing Spinach Growth

Downloadable “Growing Your Learning Garden Guide”