Planting Water Wise



Category Activities
Badge Gardening
Time to allocate (mins) 20
Outcome Understand how to plant a garden that uses less water
Resources

Plants

Eggboxes

Soil

Gel crystals

Instructions

Place gel crystals in water so they can absorb and expand

Give examples of waterwise plants and how you know if a plant is waterwise (see attached poster). 

Each child to take a eggbox, add soil and a crystal or two to the soil

Plant your chosen plant/cuttings


Entry written by Sharon Venn of 1st Randburg

Documents

Water Wise Plants Choose_Water_Wise_Plants.pdf