Gardening Basics Lesson Plan


Below is a lesson guide to teaching container gardening! In order to print handouts without headers and footers, go to PAGE SETUP and deselect those options.



Gardening Basics Cover Sheet: To put in front of any handouts you give

I. Vegetable Gardening For Beginners: This link goes to Chef's Garden.

a. Soil and preparation
b. What to grow for summer, spring and fall
c. Watering and Care

II. Container Gardening: This link goes to Virginia Cooperative Extension

a. Container Types
b. Soil
c. Planting
d. Fertilizing and General Care
e. Indoor Container Gardening

III. Good Vegetable Companions: What to plant next to your vegetables

a. Vegetables
b. Flowers
c. Herbs

IV. Vegetable Harvest and Storage: from the University of Missouri

V. Neat Gardening Ideas: from GardenGate

a. Giant Tomato Cage
b. Starting Seeds in an Aquarium
c. Drying herbs

VI. Helpful Gardening Links Handout

VII. Gardening Links


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