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A. Introducing permaculture
B. Living nature
C. Design
D. Growing food
E. Built environment and resource use
F. Social permaculture 		Holistic planning (HP):
Eyes
Hands
Heart
Head 		Age:
3-6
7-12

Theme  Topic  Sub Topic Age HP Details
Growing food Food forests Spot some plants in a food forest, perhaps using ID/flash cards.
Growing food Food forests Eat food straight from a food forest.
Growing food Food forests Transplant different plants (e.g. fruit trees, bushes, herbs, ground cover) into the designed food forest.
Growing food Food forests Be in a woodland with different plants growing together, notice the smells, sounds and textures.
Growing food Food forests Be in a food forest with different plants growing together, notice the smells, sounds and textures.
Growing food Caring for soil Learn about composting as a way of cycling nutrients locally, enabling us to 'produce no waste' and seeing how even worms 'garden'.
Growing food Caring for soil Learn vocabulary: soil, lime, mycellium, fungi, loam, silt, fertility, compact.
Growing food Growing food the permaculture way Collect vegetable/fruit seeds and store them for the winter and/or share with your family or friends.
Growing food Growing food the permaculture way Observe how different types of plants grow well in different places depending on the available sun, space, water, heat, nutrients etc.
Growing food Growing food the permaculture way 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'.
Growing food Growing food the permaculture way Observe and identify different types of seeds.
Growing food Growing food the permaculture way Observe how a garden inspired by permaculture is different from other styles of gardening.
Growing food Growing food the permaculture way See how mushrooms grow on logs.
Growing food Growing food the permaculture way Forage for wild plants we can eat in the local area.
Growing food Growing food the permaculture way Spot some of the elements in a permaculture garden e.g. mixed species planting, mulched beds, curved paths, water storage, companion planting.
Growing food Growing food the permaculture way Grow food in polycultures.
Growing food Growing food the permaculture way Make a new baby plant from a parent plant (taking cuttings).
Growing food Growing food the permaculture way Create a garden, growing food in polycultures, following a permaculture design and implementation plan.
Growing food Growing food the permaculture way Grow plants within a crop rotation (e.g. with lettuce and beetroot grown in one plot one year, next year legumes (beans and peas) and cucurbits (e.g. pumpkin, courgettes, squash, marrows), then brassicas (e.g. broccoli, kale, cabbage, cauliflower, turnip, kohl rabi etc.) and 4th year roots (e.g. carrot, beetroot, celeriac, celery, parsnip) and onions.
Growing food Growing food the permaculture way Experience growing perennials and growing annual plants, and discuss the differences and similarities.

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