Scope Out Your Site
In this section, you'll learn how to engage your students in evaluating and choosing a site for your school garden.
Questions to Consider:
- How will our garden be part of our neighborhood, part of our community?
- Is there an accessible water source nearby?
- When will the sun shine on your garden, when will the wind blow?
- What other features on site will help or harm the health of our garden?
- What is the quality of our soil?
- How does water natually flow and percolate on and thorugh our soil?
- Where will we take our produce? How will we get it there?
- What climate zone do we live in? When are the first and last frosts of the season?
- How can we make the most of the limited space available?
- How will lay out garden beds, pathways, and fences?
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