Gould League's Educational Garden
This is a stunning interactive resource which includes an interactive plan of a real school garden with links to fact sheets about all the plants they have included. All the plants in this garden are native plants and are hardy enough to be used in schools. the fact sheets give background to each part of the garden as well as the scientific names of the plants and links to websites with further information.
Gardening Australia
Gardening Australia has lots of episodes online at http://www.abc.net.au/gardening/video/download.htm. Search the contents for stories about vegetable gardens, native plants, worm farms, companion plants or organic gardening, or browse their plant lists. There are also have a vegetable planting guide and some lovely desktop pictures you can download legally for free. They have no labels (check the plant lists), but would make excellent legal photographs for your presentation.
Burke's Backyard Factsheets
Burke's Backyard might be off air, but there are lots of fabulous garden factsheets and (native) animal factsheets you can use. They describe each plant and its needs in everyday language, and give an estimate of it's cost. Add about 25% to the price because prices have gone up since the factsheets were written.
Backyard Blitz
Backyard Blitz has an excellent archive of factsheets which show all the steps to planning a garden, including garden plans and before and after shots. Remember that the school garden will be lots simpler than these because our budget is much smaller, but enjoy this excellent source of ideas.
Better Homes and Gardens
Better Homes and Gardens have garden section on their website. Click on the "Gardens" tab to view all their gardening resources. You can read about vegetable gardens, improving soils and native species.
We also have the magazines in the school library - look on the magazine rack or at 635.0994 BET in the Non-fiction area.
they also include images of different styles of gardens to give you ideas.
We also have the magazines in the school library - look on the magazine rack or at 635.0994 BET in the Non-fiction area.
they also include images of different styles of gardens to give you ideas.
Garden Planning Sites
There are many sites which give advice about planning a garden.
Some more adult sites include:
- The Gould League have an excellent planning sheet at http://www.wildscape.com.au/walkthrough.asp that labels every step in (and beyond) this assessment task, but the Bioregion Explorer page was was not working in April 2011. You have to log in (it's free) to access the pdf worksheets.
- Better Homes and Gardens have a downloadable "kit" for designing gardens at http://au.lifestyle.yahoo.com/better-homes-gardens/diy/projects/article/-/5832201/diy-garden-design-kit/
Some more adult sites include:
- Greenfingers at http://www.greenfingers.com.au/services/digging_deeper/Planning_your_Garden.htm which includes the steps you will be completing in this unit, such as measuring the space and abiotic features of your garden.
Bush Tucker
Some interesting sites include:
- Gould League's Bush Tucker Factsheet background information and some plants that are growing in their school garden.
- Alexandra Hills State High School, Qld [http://www.teachers.ash.org.au/bushtucker/] have and excellent introduction to Bush Tucker. It includes an introduction to the way Bush tucker is used, articles about different styles of bush cooking, and a range of useful links about Bush Tucker, including recipes.
further research on humans' impact on environments
http://www.blackgold.ab.ca/microtest/Science20Labs/human_impact2.pdf