This webinar provides garden skills for educators to feel confident teaching in the school garden. This is not a master gardener discussion. Instead, this webinar focuses on tips and tricks specific to school garden spaces.
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Outline with timestamps:
- Introduction 0:00
- Start with your soil 5:30
- Composting 28:30
- Creating a planting plan 34:28
- Top 10 plants to grow in a school garden 47:00
- Garden maintenance 1:06:00
- Weeding 1:06:00
- Watering 1:19:00
- Pest Control 1:24:35
Presenters:
- Xavier Bure Quijano, Washington Youth Garden;
- Nadia Mercer, Washington Youth Garden;
- Allie Arnold, Washington Youth Garden; and
- Emilia Kawashima, Washington Youth Garden.
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