Students will read graded and authentic materials related to the subject "gardening" and do related activities (vocabulary building, spelling, sentence formation and word order). They will also write a Garden Journal, create a podcast to be shared with local radio stations and at the school website, as well as create flyers to inform the community about their project.

"Literacy can grow in a garden. Gardening is a high interest topic for many students. Planning a garden, working in a garden and visiting a garden involve literacy skills."

-Decoda Literacy Solutions

Students will calculate the area of their Community Garden; calculate the amount of water needed for irrigation of the plants. Students will also calculate how much food this garden will harvest and how many homeless people it can feed.

"Students will be able to multiply side lengths to find areas of rectangles within the real world context of designing a community garden"

-Education.com

Students will learn about the plants' life cycle and adaptation to the environment, soil structure and function and how to apply sustainable practices to enrich the soil. Students will also be able to observe and learn about the relationship between living (plants and insects) and non-living (water and soil) things.

"The garden is a living laboratory offering real-world opportunities for observation and experiments. In addition to hands-on lessons relating to plant growth and life cycles, the garden provides a space to investigate environmental studies, habitats, soils, weather, and much more. "

-Kids Gardening

Students will investigate about homelessness and what kinds of things these populations need the most in order to leave their situation. The teacher will introduce and guide a discussion about food security and how it may impact homeless populations in their ability to climb out of their situation.

How can we leverage our experiences in our garden to positively impact our community?

-Nature.org

Learners will observe the differences in color, shape and texture in different plants, and what those indicate when the plants are healthy or unhealthy. Learners will also use creativity to design (with apps) flyers to inform the community about their garden.

"Gardeners hone their artistic talents as they learn to arrange and install the plant and landscape materials in attractive designs. Your youth garden is an excellent resource to engage students in visual arts."

-Kids Gardening

Many schools offer an additional language class as part of their curriculum offering.

Students will build their garden vocabulary so that they can provide multilingual labels for the different plants in it.