Build Your Own Tiny Greenhouse
(En español) (Simplified Chinese) (French) A greenhouse is defined as an enclosed space that is heated and lit by the sun. Short-wave...
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- May 6, 2020
Grow Your Own Berries
Who doesn’t love a fresh ripe berry, picked right off of the plant? If you’ve never tried it, you might be surprised what you can grow on...
- May 1, 2020
Teaching Garden Update 5/1
Here are a few updates from this week in the Teaching Garden! Our apple tree (that began blossoming last week) is in full bloom! It looks...
- Apr 29, 2020
Pollinators
Growing for Pollinators A garden isn’t only about growing vegetables and fruits. Flowers, trees, and grasses are also important parts of...
- Apr 27, 2020
Grow Microgreens on Your Windowsill
(Spanish) (French) (Simplified Chinese) (Traditional Chinese) (Korean) (Russian) Microgreens are an easy, nutritious way to grow...
- Apr 24, 2020
Teaching Garden Update 4/24
We have been keeping very busy in the Teaching Garden getting everything ready and planting out our first crops of the season. Here are a...
- Apr 22, 2020
Sesame
This year one of the new things we are trying to grow in the Teaching Garden is Sesame! Here are our sesame seedlings, which we started...
- Apr 17, 2020
Teaching Garden Update 4/17
We have been keeping busy in the teaching garden, prepping beds and planting them out! Here are a few updates from this week. To prep...
- Apr 17, 2020
Thinning Seedlings
Thinning simply means removing some plants so that the remaining plants have enough space to grow. In the photo above you will notice...
- Apr 15, 2020
Direct Seeding
Direct seeding or direct sowing means planting seeds into prepared garden beds outdoors. At the Teaching Garden, we have a cold winter...
- Apr 13, 2020
Recycling Challenge
Looking for a fun and educational activity to keep your kids busy for a few hours? Challenge them to an up-cycling competition! By using...
- Apr 10, 2020
Grow an Avocado plant from an Avocado pit!
Did you know the pit of an avocado is a seed? Seeds have three main components, an embryo, endosperm, and seed coat. The embryo of the...
- Apr 9, 2020
Teaching Garden Update 4/9
Another week has passed and we have a few more updates from the Teaching Garden! First, we have a variety of plant starts growing indoors...
- Apr 8, 2020
Garden Bed Prep!
Lucky enough to have access to a garden bed or two, but unsure where to start? Let us help! In the garden, it always starts with the...
- Apr 6, 2020
Nature Collages
One activity that is always a hit for students in the Teaching Garden is nature collages. We do this in two different ways that are easy...
- Apr 3, 2020
Grow Ginger Indoors
(Español) (French) Ginger is a tropical plant, but it is easily grown in a container in your home with just a little bit of soil and...
- Apr 2, 2020
Teaching Garden Update 4/2
Each week we will be updating you about new things happening in the teaching garden. I am sure most of us are cooped up in quarantine and...
- Apr 1, 2020
Welcome to our Virtual Farm
Here is an April update from the Teaching Garden! On this blog we will be updating you about all things #TeachingGarden! Here you can...
- Mar 24, 2020
Growing food from food scraps: Scallions!
Did you know, you can regenerate #foodscraps to grow your own food! This is incredibly easy, and requires food scraps (you probably...
- Mar 24, 2020
Seed Starting
We have started Kale (on the left) and Cucumber (on the right) seedlings! We hope that these will eventually be transplanted into our...
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