St. Paul’s Children’s Garden

Lesson Plan from Mrs. Wimer

OBSERVE -  Walk the garden areas.  Maze(Bug Town),  Dinosaur Digs, Classroom garden, Orchard area, Swing and storage area, Story circle.

ASSESS - What needs work?  What can we do? How can we make it better? Do we need adult help?

 IMPLEMENT -  Trim plants,  weed garden areas, clean up trash,  other activities that will enhance our garden.

DOCUMENT -  Pictures of before and after.  Journal.

After greeting, we will break into smaller groups  so that we can “ observe”  and “assess” what needs to be done in the garden area.  Please bring your camera and something to write on so we can  “document” the before and after.

Garden preparation – Child to choose  from  the following activities:

Weed

Add soil amendments

What to plant?   Seeds,  starter plants,  flowers, vegetables,

Organize potting table

Pickup trash

Spread out hay from old hay  bales

Rewrap hoses

Fill in holes(Dinosaur Digs)