ESTABLISHING A SCHOOL GARDEN

Miraflor B. Abo-abo
HVCDP Staff
Department of Agriculture IX
VEGETABLE GARDEN MODELS
VEGETABLE GARDEN MODELS

1. Backyard Gardening
2. Container Gardening
3. M o d i fi e d G a r d e n i n g
4. School Gardening
5. Edible Landscaping
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1. Backyard Gardening
- Raising of different kinds of vegetables in the
backyard to provide a supplementary source of essential
nutrients for the family.
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2. Container Gardening
- In urban places where most houses have a limited
space, vegetable are grown in containers such as pots,
cans, plastic bottles, etc.
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3. M o d i fi e d G a r d e n i n g
- it is soil less culture of vegetables using mineral
n u t r i e n t s o l u t i o n s i n w a t e r instead of relying upon traditional
method of cultivating the earth.
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4. School Gardening
- Growing of different kinds of vegetables in plots
assigned to pupils in elementary schools and students of
agricultural high schools to impart gradually the dignity
of productive labor.
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5. E d i b l e L a n d s c a p i n g
- is a new approach that merges science and creativity
together to form a revolutionary crop production technology.
It is the art of making a piece of ground attractive and
useful by arranging edible plants and other landscape
materials like stones, etc. into a pleasing design. It gives
primacy to the use of vegetables as well as herbs and spices
as a substitute for the ornamental plants that are normally
used in conventional landscaping. In general, EL aims to
create an attractive environment, functional spaces and
produce safe and nutritious food for the table.
REQUIREMENTS
FOR
E S TA B L I S H I N G
A
SCHOOL GARDEN
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W h o w i l l b e i n v o l v e d ?
W h a t w i l l w e d o ?
W h o w i l l d o t h a t ?
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Who will be involved?

 Teachers
 PTA Members
 School caretaker
 Extension workers
 Students and Parents
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What will we do?

 Organize community participation
 Participate in the lay-outing of the garden
 Build a garden shed
 Demonstrate and train people in gardening techniques
 Provide seeds and tools
 Encourage children and other community members to
participate in gardening activities
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Who will do that?

 Establish first who will do the responsibilities

 Small groups of children can do the digging, seed

bed preparation
 PLANNING A SCHOOL GARDEN

Making a plan

” He who fails to plan is planning to fail”

– Winston Churchill
 What a garden should look like?
 What will be done with the produce?
 Make an ACTION PLAN
 Create a TIMELINE
 Create a WORK SCHEDULE
 SAMPLE ACTION PLAN
ACTIVITY PERSONS RESPONSIBLE DEADLINE
Decide On A Variety Of Vegetables To Teachers, School Cooks, Garden Clubs, 10 September 2022
Grow In Garden Agriculture Science Teacher
Create Map Of Garden Lay-Out Agricultural Sciences, Teachers, Grade 5 12 September 2022
Students
Organize A Teacher Work Session To School Workers, Teachers For All Grade 1-6 26 September 2022
Cooperate On Making Lesson Plans That Classes, Agricultural Sciences and Science
Incorporate The Garden Into The Teacher,
Curriculum
Inspect And Repair Fence Around The School Workers, Community Members 1 October 2022
Garden
Prepare Seed Boxes Agricultural Sciences Teacher, Grade 3-4 1 October 2022
Prepare Nursery Beds Agricultural Sciences Teacher, Grade 6 3 October 2022
Water Nursery Bed Daily Grade 5 Students 1 October until out
planting
Bring Materials For Compost Heap All Children, Community Members 4 October 2022
Start Compost Heap Agricultural Sciences Teacher, Agriculture 6 October 2022
Extension Workers, Grade 6 Students
Remove Weeds From Nursery School Workers, Grade 3 Students 8 October 2022
Planting Of Seeds In Seed Boxes & Garden Master, Grade 5-6 9 October 2022
Nursery
 SAMPLE TIMELINE

2022 2023
Action
Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep
Fencing the Garden
Preparation of Seedbox & Nursery
Preparation of Garden Beds
Composting
Harvesting
Seed Collection
Sales of Produce
 S AM P L E W E E KLY WO R K SC H E DU LE
Weekly Work Schedule Green Team, Grade 6
Week: September 12-16, 2022
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday
Watering - Watering & Watering & Watering &
Carl Preparing Spraying Neem Weeding -
Gardening neem - (Assigned All
pesticide - Students)
Ami & Ben
Measure
Plant Check for Write
Checking & Recording
Growth - Pests - John & Report -
All Patrcik All
Turn
Compost - Fix Fence -
Communal Work
Carl & John, Carl
Paul & Paul

Class Display
Class Work on Garden
Bugs &
Insects - All
 Needs to consider:
1. Wa t e r .
There should be an adequate supply of water in or near
(less than 100 m) the area selected for a garden either from
a well, hand pump or tap. Open wells should not be used as
they can be dangerous for children.
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2. Level Site .
The site must be leveled using appropriate garden
tools.
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3. F e rt i l e S o i l .

The soil selected must be potentially fertile for an

increased produce yield. The best soil for garden is LOAM,
which is a combination of SAND, CLAY and SILT with a high
content of decomposed organic matter.
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4. Quality Seeds.

The quality of seeds determines to a large extent the

yield a gardener is likely to get.
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5. E x p o s u r e t o Wi n d a n d S u n .

The garden should not be exposed to strong winds as they

are bad for seedlings. Avoid areas with dense shade as this
weakens seedlings. In windy areas, put up wind breaks.

6. Proximity to the School .

The garden should be reasonably close to the school so

that children don’t have to walk too far to conduct garden
activities.
 Needs to Consider:

Garden Size
- It should be big enough to accommodate the needs
of the pupils. Big but manageable.
-I d e a l : 3 p u p i l s s h a r e a b e d o f 1 x 5 m = 5 m 2
-
For schools with smaller areas: more than 3
pupils per bed 1 x 5m may share.
Garden Equipment tools
-Pupils must be provided with appropriate garden tools to
carry the activity.
-Basic tools: Rake, Garden spade, garden fork, Tape measure,
Hand fork, Hand trowel, Scale
Bolo
- is used for cutting of grasses and weeds, loosening and
pulverizing the soil, digging small holes for planting and posts, and
breaking the topsoil in preparing garden plots if no other tools are
available

Rake is used for cleaning the ground and leveling the topsoil.

Hand trowel is used for loosening the soil around the growing plants
and putting small amount of manure in the soil.
Shovel is used in removing trash, digging loose soil, moving soil from
one place to another and for mixing soil media.

Hand cultivator is used for cultivating the garden plot by loosening

the soil and removing young weeds around the plant.

Hand fork is for inter row cultivation.

Pruning shears is for cutting branches of planting materials and

unnecessary branches of plants.
 Basic Tools

Garden
Hose

Wheel
Barrow
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