1. Identify interested teachers or parents or if you are in a Elementary School or High School ---students. i.e., the environmental club, community partners, boys and girls club. Use community partners and interested partners to create a master design plan.
2. Create a team to develop a mission statement and a garden design. There could be a nutrition team and a garden team. Identify which classes will help in the garden. How curriculum will be used in the school. Look at the school yard and different habitats in the yard. Decide on what can be planted and where.
3. Identify the perfect spot (it should be expandable)
3. Test the soil by purchasing a soil test kit from your cooperative extension service
4. Start small: two four feet wide beds that small children can access from either side. The beds can be raised or dug into the ground.
5. Add the perfect soil. Find dark composted soil that is rich in nutrients.
6. dig, plant, dig, plant and water and wait!
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