Maintaining the school garden is all about doing little jobs often! It’s not that hard if everyone pitches in. THE HARVESTING TEAM The Harvesting Team gets to do this fun job whenever the fruit and vegetables are ripening. The rule is that the Harvesting Team should always whistle while they work! That way, everyone…
Maintaining the school garden is all about doing little jobs often! It’s not that hard if everyone pitches in. THE WEEDING TEAM The Weeding Team should weed once a week. If weeds are allowed to get too big, they steal the nutrients from the other plants, bring bad bugs into the garden and smother…
A horticulturalist is someone that has studied the practice and science of cultivating plants and gardens. A horticulturalist has been to Technical College or University to study plants and anything to do with growing them. They then apply this knowledge to different areas within horticulture. Some horticulturalists will work at garden centres and give gardeners…
There are bacteria everywhere, even on us! Some of them are bad and some of them are good. The good ones work really hard to make sure that the bad ones don’t take over. The good ones are called ‘beneficial bacteria’. There are beneficial bacteria in the garden as well and they are working hard…
A zone is an area that is different to another area. For example, a soccer field or netball court can be divided into different areas where only some people can go. Your school might have zones as well – the playground, the sports field and the undercover area. All of these areas are used in…
A weed is a plant that is growing where it’s not wanted! In most cases, garden weeds grow from seed that has blown into the garden or has been transported by birds and insects. Sometimes weeds such as couch grass creep into the garden and although it might be fine when it’s lawn, when it…
Potted plants can only get the water that’s in their pot so if it dries out, they will also dry out. But, sometimes too much water is worse for plants than not enough. The trick to testing whether potted plants need watering is easy. Simply poke your finger into the soil! If it feels cold…
Water is one of the most important resources on the planet and we have to be very careful not to waste it because we need it to drink, to keep our environment clean, to build things and to grow things. Plants need water just as much as we do and even though we have to…
The word ‘tripod’ means three (tri) legs (pod). A tripod is a very strong shape even though it is only joined at one point right at the top. Can you think of some things that are built using a tripod shape? What about a tripod to hold a camera or perhaps a three legged stool?…
TRELLISES AND CLIMBING FRAMES Some plants just love to climb high so that their leaves and stems can soak up the sun from all directions. It also helps to keep their vegetables off the ground so that they stay clean and out of the reach of crawling insects. Vegetables that love to climb include beans,…