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Ideas for School Gardens

..by Brad Shone, CERES, Melbourne

Seed sorting / seed saving

Scarecrows

Minibeasts (hunting in gardens for small insects / worms / anything!)

Get students involved in admin - website, newsletters, grant applications, etc.

Preps keep worms / seedlings

Salad Bar - giving salad @ lunchtime for students / whole school

Soil experiments - soggy soil – testing drainage / pH testing, etc.

Propagation

Worm farms / Worm shows (magic!)

Markets – selling produce / plants / seeds, etc.

Festivals (Equinox, solstice, etc.)

Seed orchards, used to reveg local areas

Local animal / plant identification

Animal care (chooks, guinea pigs, worms…)

Growing, harvesting, cooking, eating… (Composting?)

Composting!

Art in school gardens / Mosaics / Multi-coloured gardens

Before and after-school care – food growing and provision

Children–designed gardens / student-built gardens!

Computer design

Making / using natural pest sprays

Making rain gauges / wind socks

Wheelbarrow license / O.H.S.

Kid-sized tools (from Windmill, Vic. Others?)

Tool relays (for pack-up)

Sensory gardens / recycled art gardens

Multicultural Gardens

Compost / worm aquariums & T.V.

Garden gym / adventure playground

Outdoor classroom

Parent / teacher involvement – grapes for wine, etc.

Kids café / soup kitchen – involve elderly; grandparents day

Rainy Days:

Celebrity Veg (Guess the veg name stuck to your forehead)

Worksheets

Games

Mushroom Farming

Some key ideas to remember:

Minimise theory in the beginning

Create a sense of magic / wonder

Make it fun!


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