Children's Garden ideas
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Claire Caryer
Oct 4, 2021, 1:23:12 PM10/4/21
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Hello!
Background:
I work as the Education Coordinator at Toledo GROWs, a nonprofit in Toledo, OH all about community gardening and providing access to fresh produce to inner-city Toledo. We have a 3-acre urban farm in downtown.
Scenario:
On that property, I am in charge of a small children's garden, about 20ft by 20ft. The idea behind this garden is to give children on field trips and visitors to the farm a place to get up close to vegetable plants and gardening without fear of them trampling plants in our produce fields. The garden is currently built with a variety of beds: raised beds, cinderblock beds, in-ground plots, tire towers for flowers. It looked great when it was completed 3 years ago but is now in need of some serious repairs.
As a staff, we know it needs to be rebuilt and want something that is sustainable to maintain and keep up. (Aka not raised wooden beds that need to be replaced in 3 years because we just don't have time to devote to that on our farm.) In our heads, we are picturing a row garden with gravel or pavers in between rows to really designate what is a garden and what is a walkway.
Question(s):
What have you done for your garden, aimed towards kids and visitors to make it easy to maintain but still productive and demonstrative to guests?
2) What fun things have you added to your garden to make it more fun for kids and make them want to spend more time in it.
3) Would cinderblock raised beds last longer than ones made of wood?
Thank you for any ideas, suggestions, or advice!
Claire Caryer
Education Coordinator
900 Oneida Street
Toledo, OH 43608
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