Square Foot Garden Kit for Elementary Teachers

Here's what Mary Duchi suggests to be included in the "kit" we give to elementary teachers who attend the proposed training. Please take a look at it and provide comments for any changes/additions, etc. 

Square Foot Gardens (4x4)

 Lumber

Each garden requires four boards, 2 inches wide x 4 ft long x 11 3/8 inches high.  We could double the height if teachers wanted to grow root crops (e.g., potatoes, sweet potatoes)

Other Requirements to Construct the Squares

·       Nails

·       Corner pieces if we can afford them or they can be nailed together

·       Weed cloth for the bottom

·       Wood lath to place across the top and denote each “square foot”

Soil

16 cubic feet of soil for each box (book recommends 1/3 peat moss, 1/3 vermiculite, 1/3 blended compost).  I recommend buying good premix potting soil.

  

Tools and Equipment

·       Trowel:  $4.27 x 25 = $106.75

·       Pail

·       Pencil

·       Plant tags (8 cents each or less)

Reference Book

All New Square Foot Gardening, Bartholomew  $14.28 on Amazon

Seeds

 Kits that include seeds and plants (e.g., herb garden kit, flower garden kit, international garden, greens garden, spaghetti dinner garden – and on and on).

If we have 16 squares in each bed, and 25 beds, that means we have 400 squares.  

Garden Plan and Instructions

·       Plans for different types of gardens

·       Instructions on planting seeds

·       A few recipes for each garden type

Curriculum Guides