This week in gardening we will be making a different kind of garden…a prickly garden!
The attached work sheet and instructions lead us through the lessons on creating a cactus garden in the classroom - giving us an indoor green space of an unusual nature! ELP gardening is not simply going to be about weeding and seeding things outdoors!
We have already learnt a little about cacti in Science last year, when we investigated animal and plant habitats. We already have an understanding of the sorts of places we might find a cactus growing and what climate there may be there. We also have a basic understanding that they are special plants in terms of what they need to survive and grow.
This lesson gives us a chance to get up close to these unusual plants, build an indoor garden for the first time and discover a bit more about their care, habitat and needs.
This is also something the pupils can try again at home for themselves if given the support of an adult and a trip to a local garden centre and/or beach.
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