A practical way to do this is to create school gardens in primary schools. A school garden can take any number of forms: a raised bed in a schoolyard or an EarthBox in a classroom, a section of community garden blocks from school or a rooftop greenhouse, a flower bed bordering the school building or lettuce growing in water in a classroom. It can be simple or elaborate, involve a small number of students or a whole school, as well as parents and community neighbors.
OBJECTIVE OF THE GREEN GARDENS
- To boost the interest of the kids in having a green surrounding from an early each.
- To teach team work through practical agriculture.
- To improve food production at the home front through the community as the children can replicate school gardens to backyard farms.
- To teach children how to handle food safely.
- Boost collaborative development in the kids.
- To teach basic management skills-control, organization.
- To provide an atmosphere for youths to discover the untapped revenue and resources in Agriculture
BENEFITS
· the green garden would be a good platform to learn
- better nutrition and education for the children since is easy to manage by the students, teachers and parents possibly
- the gardening would promote environmental, social and physical well being of the school community
- it foster a better understanding of how the natural world sustains us
- the children gets to learn new skills ; teachers find new ways to teach
- create awareness about the organization promoting the project and their partners
By and large, starting early in impacting on the younger generation goes a long way in preparing them for a better future.
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