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Square Foot Gardening

TODAY’S LESSON– Square Foot Gardening

LESSON CONTENT- In today’s lesson, we will join Garden Educator Allie, Executive Director Jesse and his two kids Miriam and Moses to learn about a helpful gardening technique called “square foot gardening.”

In this lesson, students will:

• Define square foot gardening and understand why it is used by farmers
• Learn the “5 Basic Needs of a Plant”
• Perform calculations to set up a garden using square foot gardening
• Identify the different spacing needs of plants
• Calculate the amount of plants that can grow per square foot of garden space
• Develop and design their own garden map using the square foot gardening method

MATERIALS- For this lesson, you will need:

• A device to watch the instructional video

If you have a physical garden:

• Pen/pencil and piece of paper
• Measuring tape
• Seeds or plant starts
• Water (for after you plant!)
• Twine or string (optional)

If you are planning a future garden:

• A pen/pencil
• A piece of paper or a journal

Time to get gardening!