Container Gardening

Course ID: GAR-101

Audience
Adult Continuing Education and High School Programs

Course Description
Container gardening provides an excellent way to connect with nature, and many people who are visually impaired are successful gardeners. Any available space, no matter how small, can become a container garden. Possible locations include a balcony, front step, or patio. The goal of this course is to give the student information necessary to plan, establish, and care for a container garden.

Media
large print, braille, audiocassette, and online

Organization
The course is divided into seven lessons.

Credit
1/2 Carnegie Unit

Prerequisites Skills
none

Prerequisite Equipment
Students provide their own writing tools. Those taking the audio version provide their own cassette recorders.

Overview
Students submit seven assignments; high school students, however, are required to submit an additional final project. Assignments and the final project may be submitted in all formats.

Grading
Letter grades

Objectives and Content
After completing Lesson 1, the student will be able to
a. describe features of different garden spaces
b. identify weather factors that affect plants

After completing Lesson 2, the student will be able to
a. identify different types of plants
b. discuss design basics

After completing lesson 3, the student will be able to
a. describe hardware for container gardening
b. describe software for container gardening

After completing Lesson 4, the student will be able to
a. explain how to sow seeds
b. discuss how to plant bulbs
c. describe how to take cuttings
d. explain how to repot plants

After completing Lesson 5, the student will be able to
a. discuss how to water container plants
b. explain how to fertilize container plants
c. describe how to groom container plants

After completing Lesson 6, the student will be able to
a. explain how to manage plant pests
b. describe how to manage plant diseases

After completing Lesson 7, the student will be able to
a. explain how to grow plants in a hanging basket
b. describe how to grow plants in a window box
c. discuss how to grow herbs in containers

Sample Lesson - GAR101 - MS Word Document
Sample Lesson - GAR101 - PDF

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