Explore plants and gardening methods as we learn how to grow our own vegetables, fruits, and herbs! We'll be trying different methods for starting our plants from seeds to cuttings, planning our square foot garden, creating our own compost piles, inviting beneficial insects, learning about companion planting, recording our observations in our new Garden Nature Journal, and so much more!

Throughout each CURIOUS TRAILS NATURE STUDY you’ll find open-and-go topic study guides and lots of hands-on-activities ranging from S.T.E.M. projects, art invitations, nature journaling, cooking together, and more! This family style unit is divided into 4 weekly nature lessons with activities that follow and ideas for our younger and older learners. Come together for our unit celebration with our favorite quote from The Tale of Peter Rabbit while enjoying a fresh beet salad!

Important: This is a PDF download. No physical product will be mailed to you. Print at home or at your favorite printing store. This unit is not formatted for double-sided printing. Activity sheets are best printed single sided.

What's included in the Curious Trails Homestead Gardens Unit Study:

WEEK ONE: Propagation
•Discover the different parts of a seed with a seed dissection activity.
•Learn about the process of germination and try a few different ways to start your own seeds.
•Explore how some plants are grown from cuttings and grow a new garden from kitchen scraps.
•Discuss plant propagation from divisions and grafting.

WEEK TWO: Vegetable Gardens
•Discover the five things a plant needs to grow and how to find the best spot for our garden.
•Explore different soil types and conduct a soil profile experiment.
•Try out different ways of spacing your plants and plan your own square foot vegetable patch.
•Learn what makes a vegetable different than a fruit and how you can plant successive gardens.
•Explore different varieties with our Vegetable Gardening Learning Cards (& 3-Part Cards)


WEEK THREE: Fruit Gardens
• Learn how compost is made and start your own composting pile to feed your garden.
• Discover how a flower turns into a fruit and the different types of fruit plants make.
• Dissect and explore strawberry anatomy.
• Start your own gardening journal to record your observations.
• Conduct a composting experiment.
• Explore different varieties with our Fruit Gardening Learning Cards (& 3-Part Cards)

WEEK FOUR: Herb Gardens
•Learn how companion gardening can lead to healthier, better-tasting produce.
•Discuss how we can attract beneficial insects into our garden for natural pest control and make a ladybug house.
•Explore some common herbs we can plant in our garden with a herb nature journaling study.
•Make your own herb garden markers.
• Explore different varieties with our Herb Gardening Learning Cards (& 3-Part Cards)

UNIT CELEBRATION
Study our favorite quote from The Tale of Peter Rabbit while enjoying a fresh beet salad!

93 page unit study

*Please note, the storybooks and other materials in the product photos are for staging purposes only and are not included with your purchase. Upon purchase you will receive a PDF download file which includes the Google Drive link to your Guide due to file size. If you have any difficulty accessing your Guide file, don't hesitate to contact me and we will figure it out together.

From our family to yours,
Jacqueline