Locally Delicious School Garden
Sprouting Education
Abstract
Sprouting Education is awesome!
Background
Locally Delicious is made up of a strong group of ladies who are determined to beat corporate food marketing. They have written and published a nation wide book called Locally Delicious which by first impression resembles a traditional home-cook recipe book, but truly hidden inside is a fight against corporate mass food production. The book includes recipes and tips for cooking meals from local and organic produce. These women fight for the nation to eat more healthy and locally. Continuing their battle against corporate, Locally Delicious is extending their empire to kids across the nation to a healthier diet with their next book entitled Lunchbox Envy. In Humboldt State University, the Environmental Engineering Design class were assigned to collaborate with Locally Delicious and design projects for kids which can be shown through Lunchbox Envy. Sprouting Education has designed a School Garden project for grades K-5 which will teach kids the benefits of growing and eating their own food.
Project Statement
Build/ Design a Garden for a School
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Criteria | Description | Weight | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Learning Potential | The ability to convey educational concepts from the garden to students | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Participant Safety | Students will be protected from any hazardous structure from the garden | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Reproducibility | The design of the garden is easily reproduced and transferable by others | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Child Appeal | The aesthetics attract students to the garden | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cost | Reasonable price for overall material and labor | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sufficient Produce | The potential to produce enough produce for students to find the garden rewarding | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Easy Maintenance | Simplicity to maintain the garden during the summer and school year | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Plant Safetey | Plants will be protected from any harm or destruction | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Expandability | The design of the garden is accessible for any additional expansion | 1
Final Project DesignExplanation of the garden system CostsThe costs involved in creating the Sprouting Education Garden come in two forms: hours of labor and materials costs. Design HoursThe chart to the right shows the breakdown of design hours that went into constructing the Sprouting Education School Garden. A majority of the hours were spent constructing the system.
Building and Materials CostsBelow are the costs of materials to construct the garden
Expected Maintenance CostsThe system was designed to require as little maintenance as possible there is still some upkeep that will be required to keep the system operational... blah-blah-blah
Testing Resultsblah-blah-blah
Building and Implementation InstructionsMaterials For A 4'x12' Pallet Garden Box with Green House top
Building A 4'x12' Pallet Garden Box with Green House Top
Topic 3blah-blah-blah
DiscussionConcerns, maintenance, teaching lessons, etc. Topic 1Blah Blah Blah References |