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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