Planting Your Own Garden
Place of Learning: 
Garden Classroom
Grade Level: 
6 – 8
9 – 12
Whole Family
Contributor

The Edible Schoolyard Project
Berkeley, CA

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Summary: 
Building a planter box is a simple way to start gardening. This lesson will help students build their own planter box using a few simple items they can get at any hardware or garden store, or by upcycling things they have already.
Guiding Questions
  • What are some of the ways you can promote gardening in your community?
  • What does the practice of gardening do for you and your community?
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Planting Your Own Garden

Teaching Notes: 

This lesson was developed for Edible Schoolyard Project’s Understanding Organic curriculum and is part of the extension inquiries.