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Role Cards, Center For Urban Resilience

Module 10: Garden Ecology

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Lesson Plan - Types Of Gardens/ ‘Garden Kits’, Center For Urban Resilience

Module 10: Garden Ecology

The purpose of this lesson is to identify different garden types that could be considered in a school garden.

Site Assessment Data Sheet, Center For Urban Resilience

Module 10: Garden Ecology

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Powerpoint - Educator - Types Of Gardens, Center For Urban Resilience

Module 10: Garden Ecology

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Powerpoint - Student - Types Of Gardens, Center For Urban Resilience

Module 10: Garden Ecology

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Handout - Types Of Gardens, Center For Urban Resilience

Module 10: Garden Ecology

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Handout - Garden Planning, Center For Urban Resilience

Module 10: Garden Ecology

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Lesson Plan - Creating A Vision For The Garden, Center For Urban Resilience

Module 10: Garden Ecology

Now that students have good background knowledge on the various types of gardens and have chosen the type of garden for their site, the purpose of this Lesson 3 is to create a Vision for the garden site.

Powerpoint - Educator - Creating A Vision, Center For Urban Resilience

Module 10: Garden Ecology

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Powerpoint - Student - Creating A Vision, Center For Urban Resilience

Module 10: Garden Ecology

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Handout - Designing The Vision, Center For Urban Resilience

Module 10: Garden Ecology

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Lesson Plan - Identifying And Securing Needed Resources, Center For Urban Resilience

Module 10: Garden Ecology

The purpose of this lesson is to identify and secure needed resources to begin preparing the garden site for planting.

Powerpoint - Identifying And Preparing Resources, Center For Urban Resilience

Module 10: Garden Ecology

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Student Handout - Planning To Put In A Garden, Center For Urban Resilience

Module 10: Garden Ecology

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Powerpoint - Preparing The Garden Site, Center For Urban Resilience

Module 10: Garden Ecology

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Lesson Plan - Preparing The Garden Site, Center For Urban Resilience

Module 10: Garden Ecology

The purpose of this lesson is to physically prepare the garden site for planting.

Powerpoint - Instructional, Center For Urban Resilience

Module 10: Garden Ecology

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Role Cards, Center For Urban Resilience

Module 10: Garden Ecology

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Role Cards - Description Of Roles, Center For Urban Resilience

Module 10: Garden Ecology

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Safety Guidelines, Center For Urban Resilience

Module 10: Garden Ecology

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Powerpoint - Educator - Planting Day, Center For Urban Resilience

Module 10: Garden Ecology

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Powerpoint - Student - Planting Day, Center For Urban Resilience

Module 10: Garden Ecology

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Role Cards - Description Of Roles, Center For Urban Resilience

Module 10: Garden Ecology

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Lesson Plan - Planting Day, Center For Urban Resilience

Module 10: Garden Ecology

The purpose of this lesson is to physically put the plants in the garden.

Safety Guidelines, Center For Urban Resilience

Module 10: Garden Ecology

For Lessons 5 & 6, the following Safety Guidelines should be reviewed with students, for safe handling of tools, and proper personal deportment when outside prepping the garden site for planting and then the following day on Planting Day.

Student Handout Think-Pair-Share - Garden Deliverables, Center For Urban Resilience

Module 10: Garden Ecology

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Expert Groups Research Graphic Organizer, Center For Urban Resilience

Module 10: Garden Ecology

To conduct research on various aspects of maintaining a garden, to ensure that all students know what needs to be accomplished in order to ensure successful garden deliverables. The research conducted will include students in each group making recommendations on their assigned topic, to the whole class. This research is critical to informing the class on how to proceed with a Garden Plan for a successful Garden. The Research covers four (4) main areas:

• Planning
• Maintenance
• Harvesting
• Distribution

Student Handout Garden Deliverables Checklist, Center For Urban Resilience

Module 10: Garden Ecology

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Lesson Plan - Garden Deliverables, Center For Urban Resilience

Module 10: Garden Ecology

Now that the garden is in, and the plants are planted, the hard work begins … maintaining the garden as well as assessing and preparing for garden deliverables (fruits, vegetables, flowers …). It will be important to conduct research on specific aspects related to the plants in the garden, create a plan, divide the tasks, and implement the plan. This will give students a great sense of accomplishment, as they will be a vital part in planning for stewardship of the Garden. Research has shown that this can establish a great sense of self, a connection to nature, and lays …

Lesson Plan - Maintaining The Garden Site "From Table To Farm", Center For Urban Resilience

Module 10: Garden Ecology

As the Activities in Lesson 7 have set the Garden up for success, the Activities in Lesson 8 will ensure all the Maintenance Programs that have been put in place are working. A review of all the garden maintenance processes will be done in this Lesson, and additional maintenance considerations will be added to the schedule, including Pest Management, Composting, Fertilizing the Soil, Soil Coverage and Rotating Crops, for a full year-round cycle that can be followed at any garden site.