A GARDEN PROJECT

School vegetable gardens are a great way for children to learn about where their food comes from and to get them excited about eating fresh vegetables. 

It is also a chance to learn outdoors!

Urban Seedling  help our school plan, build, plant, and maintain a school vegetable garden. 

We involve students  in our planting workshops. 

 A vegetable garden is a great way to build ties between children, between parents and teachers, and within the community.

Benefits of School Vegetable Gardens

Teaching Tools:

• Increase knowledge of nature and plant growth
• Positive social interactions around the garden
• Promotion of healthy development
• Increasing consumption of fresh fruits and vegetables
• New producer-consumer relationships
• The role of agriculture in the children’s lives (food chain)
• Cultural and personal integration
• Reduction of behavioral problems
  

Possible activities:

• Seedlings and germination of seeds
• Transplanting, calendar and seasons
• Planning the garden
• Planting
• Composting
• The web of biodiversity
• Magic potions and homemade gardening solutions
• Herb box in the classroom
• Identification and observation of leaves
• Art work, mural, mosaic, poster, scarecrow, “land art”
• Parts of the plant
• Seedlings that look alike: plant families
• Diversity of shapes and colours
• Origin of seeds (heirloom variety histories – crops from first nations and other countries – maps and geography)
• Traditional foods and dishes throughout the seasons
  

Let's start watching a cute little  story about Sid, a seed, who lives underground...written and illustrated by Daniel R. Pagan

Now it's time to learn a planting song 

 we can learn in English the part of a plant with this rap