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Welcome 5
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0-1: A Welcome Note from Victoria 30 minLecture1.1
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0-2: Good Things to Know 30 minLecture1.2
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0-3: Why Literacy Outdoors? 30 minLecture1.3
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0-4: Ideas to Kick Start Your Literacy Garden 30 minLecture1.4
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0-5: Supply List for Reading, Writing, Listening, and Talking Outdoors 30 minLecture1.5
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Module 1: Gardens that Feed 5
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1-1: Welcome to The Gardens that Feed 30 minLecture2.1
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1-2: Gather Seeds of Inspiration 30 minLecture2.2
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1-3: Plant Literacy Ideas 30 minLecture2.3
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1-4: Grow Literacy Activities 30 minLecture2.4
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1-5: Harvest Curriculum-on-the-Go Kits 30 minLecture2.5
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Module 2: Gardens Inspired by Themes 5
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2-1: Welcome to The Gardens Inspired by Themes 30 minLecture3.1
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2-2: Gather Seeds of Inspiration 30 minLecture3.2
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2-3: Plant Literacy Ideas 30 minLecture3.3
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2-4: Grow Literacy Activities 30 minLecture3.4
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2-5: Harvest Literacy Curriculum Kits 30 minLecture3.5
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Module 3: Gardens that Attract Wildlife 5
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3-1: Welcome The Gardens that Attract Wildlife 30 minLecture4.1
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3-2: Gather Seeds of Inspiration 30 minLecture4.2
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3-3: Plant Literacy Ideas 30 minLecture4.3
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3-4: Grow Literacy Activities 30 minLecture4.4
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3-5: Harvest Literacy Curriculum Kits 30 minLecture4.5
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Module 4: Gardens for Beauty and Art 5
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4-1: Welcome to The Gardens for Beauty and Art 30 minLecture5.1
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4-2: Gather Seeds of Inspiration 30 minLecture5.2
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4-3: Plant Ideas 30 minLecture5.3
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4-4: Grow Activities 30 minLecture5.4
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4-5: Harvest Curriculum Kits 30 minLecture5.5
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8 Comments
If you met me, you would soon know that I have a tendency to over-think things, and therefore, to frequently over-complicate things. I like to do things on a grand scale! The prospect of having gardens at school frustrates me wildly because, frankly, I haven’t yet been able to persuade any other teachers here to take primary responsibility for some grandiose garden scheme — when all I really need to do is take it back a notch and think…. containers. I’ve often had container gardens at home due to lack of space. Why could I not see that this would be a totally workable solution at school? Reading Jamie’s comment about how she and her daughter garden happily in window boxes along the deck was a wake-up call for me! Butterfly bush in a pot? Yes, ma’am!!
I have a small perennial bed at home that is not yet well established; this will be the 3rd season for my little experiment. One of the primary features there is 2 different varieties (colors) of bee balm. I had bee balm in my first garden as an adult; knew nothing about it, but the idea appealed to me. It still does. I hope to add a 3rd variety this year. The rest of the garden is for Art and Beauty! And my garden for food? That’s all those herbs in pots on the front porch!!
Baby steps are the way to go! 🙂
I think of my home flower beds as my garden for beauty and art. I plant perennials and things that will remain constant all season as a base and then I layer with things that bloom earlier and later. I have a bird bath, a few little statues, and a mermaid on a rock in the brook. I let dandelions grow everywhere because that is pleasing to me. I arrange pots and window boxes that change with the seasons. I am a painter and it feels like painting to design flower beds. Just wish it were less costly! 🙂
Sounds beautiful! Would should create a garden tour of all the folks that live in the area. Would be fun to see each other home gardens to get ideas. Maybe we can do this virtually once the Spring arrives. 🙂
At our house my daughter and I plant 3 different types of gardens. We have window boxes along the deck for art and beauty. We tend to choose colorful flowers for her. We plant a vegetable garden with something different every year. The third garden ends up being a mish mash of whatever we think we’ll enjoy this year. My daughter (she is 8 now) definitely enjoys the colorful garden and picking the vegetables. It’s one of the things that helps her relax.
Oh my goodness! I love this and also love that you have different types of gardens in window boxes. Truly represents that you can create for types of gardens–all you need to add is a Garden that Attracts Wildlife….butterfly bush in a pot? I can’t wait until Spring!
I have a garden for beauty and art at my home. I sit in it to relax at the end of a long day. I started including one 2 years ago at work adding a stage to put on plays,lattice to use as paint easels and including sculptures and color palettes in flower planting.
Wonderful! Do you notice the children more relaxed in this area? Was it difficult to add a stage? How do the children use it? 🙂