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Create a Garden — Project-Based Learning Unit

Create a Garden — Project-Based Learning Unit

USD 7.50Price

Anyone can draw a garden. Designing one that actually works is the hard part.


Create a Garden is a complete, ready-to-teach project where students design a garden for real people: who it's for, what grows in it, where everything goes, and why. They choose their garden — a school garden, a community garden, a wildlife garden or a food garden — then research the plants, map the space and open the gates to visitors.


The skills are hidden inside the fun. Students explore six real gardens and work out how each one divides its space, research what their plants actually need, lay the garden out on a grid, measure it properly, build a model, and use feedback from the class to make the design better. Plants are fussy, so there's a real constraint here: a sun-loving plant in the shady corner won't grow.


No prep. No logins. Just open the slides, print the pages, and teach.


What's inside

  • Presentation slides for every stage, one idea per slide

  • Project Journal with printable pages for every stage

  • Six example gardens to explore and compare

  • A plant research page students fill in from seed packets or books

  • A garden checklist and grid map to design on

  • An optional STEM build with six build options

  • Four extension activities for classes going further

  • A project rubric and a complete teacher guide


How it works

Students move through five stages: Brief, Investigate, Create, Improve, Share. It's the same structure used in every Sherbert Learning project, so your class learns the process once and carries it into the next unit.


Every page and stage is optional. Print only the pages you need. Run a short version over four to six lessons, or stretch it across a term as a Friday afternoon unit. Whole class, small groups, pairs, or solo, it works however you teach.


What it covers

Every project builds the same core skills:

  • Generating ideas and choosing between them

  • Justifying decisions

  • Giving and using peer feedback

  • Revising work after feedback

  • Reflecting on the process

  • Presenting to an audience

This project also covers:

  • Plants and what they need to grow

  • Area and perimeter

  • Mapping and measurement

  • Nonfiction research

  • Persuasive writing


The details

  • Grades 2–5

  • Low prep: print and go

  • PDF and PowerPoint, instant digital download

  • Single-classroom license


Built by a practicing classroom teacher.

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