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Is your thumb green? Find out how your garden grows in the 4-H Gardening and Horticulture project. You will learn how to plant a garden, dig it, grow it, show it, and eat it. 4-H Gardening and Horticulture will teach you facts about soils and plants, pest management, and even how you experiment with plants in a laboratory or field.
STARTING OUT
STARTING OUT
🍀 Identify different types of gardens
🍀 Plant seeds
🍀 Grow and maintain a garden
🍀 Learn pest management techniques
🍀 Examine parts of a plant and discover the function of the parts
🍀 Learn to identify and use common garden tools
🍀 Learn how to harvest crops
LEARNING MORE
LEARNING MORE
🍀 Learn about garden fertilizer and nutrients plants need to grow
🍀 Plant bulbs in the fall for spring blooms
🍀 Learn to divide plants and transplant favorite specimens
🍀 Make a container garden
🍀 Learn about compost and make a simple compost bin
🍀 Discover different ways to prepare and use garden produce
🍀 Develop an Integrated Pest Management plan
GOING FURTHER
GOING FURTHER
🍀 Research types of plants that grow well in your area
🍀 Start a community garden at a local nursing home, this could be a container garden
🍀 Tour a grocery store and see where produce is coming from
🍀 Start an herb garden
🍀 Learn about food preservation methods
🍀 Take a soil sample and have it tested for nutrients
🍀 Experiment with organic production
🍀 Design a gardening experiment
Online Resources & Websites
🍀 Shop 4-H Curriculum - Crops & Agriculture
🍀 Shop 4-H Curriculum - Gardening
🍀 Shop 4-H Curriculum - Soil Science
🍀 Wyoming Project Sheet - Gardening & Horticulture
🍀 California Project Sheet - Vegetable Garden
🍀 North Dakota Project Sheet - Horticulture
🍀 MSU Resource - Careers in Horticulture
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