Keystage 2 - Garden

Gardening is a wonderful learning experience for children and adults, and is great fun. The area will provide a valuable teaching resource; in which the whole school curriculum can be implemented. Below are suggestions on how to get your gardening project started. Ideally this should be carried out as a whole school project, perhaps managed by one class.

Don't worry if you don't have much space in your grounds. Pots, tubs or window boxes can be used.

Cool conservation: Biodiversity - word game and drawing game on the diversity of plants; Botanical gardens - webquest on the role of botanical gardens in conservation; Conservation - word game and webquest on various aspects of biodiversity and conservation; Seeds - quiz and webquest matching seeds with their correct plant
Gardener's world: National flowers - webquest on symbolic flowers and plants; Sacred plants - quiz with webquest about sacred plants and gardens; Sensory gardens - quiz and hands on activity exploring how the taste, smell, sight, sound and feel of plants can be used in gardens; Food gardens - two webquests on home gardens and allotments
Make a garden: Getting started - advice and tips on creating your own garden; What plants need - classroom game on what plants need to grow; Grow your own - webquest to discover how to grow selected plants
Mughal gardens: Mughal plants - picture quiz comparing several Mughal gardens; Describing Mughal gardens - word game on describing Mughal gardens and how it might feel to to be in one; Design a Mughal garden - handson activity designing the layout and selecting plants for Mughal gardens

Classroom ideas - lots of fun ideas to capture the imagination of your classroom

Curriculum links - Keystage 2 curriculum links for Gardens

Keystage 2 - Garden

Overview of activities

Cool conservation

Gardener's world

Make a garden

Mughal gardens

Schools