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Growing food |
Helping to grow food |
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Say the names of different plants growing in the garden which you can eat. |
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Growing food |
Helping to grow food |
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Learn that some plants are edible, and others are not. |
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Growing food |
Helping to grow food |
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Learn the names of different parts of a plant e.g. leaf, root, stem, flower, fruit. And which parts you can eat of particular species. |
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Growing food |
Growing food the permaculture way |
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Observe how different types of plants grow well in different places depending on the available sun, space, water, heat, nutrients etc. |
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Growing food |
Growing food the permaculture way |
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Spot local plants which are poisonous, harmful and/or edible. This can turn into a (hand) game 'Everyone run and stand next to a poisonous plant' or 'Everyone touch an oak tree'. |
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Growing food |
Growing food the permaculture way |
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Observe and identify different types of seeds. |
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Growing food |
Growing food the permaculture way |
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Observe how a garden inspired by permaculture is different from other styles of gardening. |
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Growing food |
Growing food the permaculture way |
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See how mushrooms grow on logs. |
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Growing food |
Growing food the permaculture way |
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Forage for wild plants we can eat in the local area. |
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Growing food |
Growing food the permaculture way |
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Spot some of the elements in a permaculture garden e.g. mixed species planting, mulched beds, curved paths, water storage, companion planting. |