Gardening Task Cards

Spotter guide

Use these gardening task cards to explain common garden practices

  • Estimated time: 15 minutes
  • Location: Outdoors
  • School term: All year round
  • Level of experience: No experience needed

Learning objectives

  • Learn about practical gardening tasks
  • Discover what plants need to thrive
  1. Protect from large pests (ie birds)
  2. Mulch
  3. Prune
  4. Harvest
  5. Weed
  6. Tie-in or train
  7. Water
  8. plant
  9. Soil preparation
  10. Protect from cold & insects
  11. Feed plants
  12. Sow seeds indoors
  13. Sow seed outdoors
  14. Take cuttings (propagate)