Step by step instructions, maintenance and management – Explora Education

Learning objectives

to understand the importance of vegetable for human daily diet;
to learn how to create, manage and mantain different types of educational gardens for children;
to understand how plant families are linked and what season each should be planted and harvested in;
to understand how to prepare seedlings and gain knowledge on how to use gardening tools;
to learn how to manage health and safety when working with children in a garden.

The teacher will be able to

use gardening tools, to gain a knowledge of regional plants and how to work with them;
to have the ability to translate technical information to young people and share knowledge of garden construction with children to ensure the gardens sustainability;
develop management and organisational skills, to evaluate the process of implementing soil and soil-less gardens.

Additional readings- Educational gardens troubleshooting

Course Content

Lessons Status

1

Educational school gardens

2

Step by step instructions: on soil gardens

3

Step by step instructions: box system

4

Step by step instructions: floating system

5

Step by step instructions: trellis/vertical gardens

6

Step by step instructions: garden beds made by concrete well rings

7

Calendar, transplant, integrated pests and diseases management

8

Plants nutrition and fertilizers application

9

Composting as a sustainable resource

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