10 Home School Gardening Ideas For Brisbane
10 home school gardening ideas to get your hands dirty in Brisbane!
There are endless possibilities for gardening projects when you have the flexibility of home schooling, the only major issue is planning accordingly to work within the extremes of Brisbane weather (where it is boiling for at least 5 months of the year).
From tomato taste testing, to planting a wheat field, to growing beautiful Mother’s Day flowers, here are 10 home school gardening ideas for Brisbane, and the best month of the year to start them in. And if you’d like more information about which flowers and vegetables to grow each season in Brisbane, you may like my Seasonal Planting Calendar below too. Happy growing!
Some of the fun educational gardening projects that are a possibility in Brisbane including growing carrots, tomatoes, sunflowers - all from seed (above)
10 Home School Gardening Ideas | Brisbane Edition
#1 Plant a Bee Garden with zinnia, cosmos and basil - February is a good month for this.
#2 Plant 5 different types of tomatoes to do fun taste tests - March is a good month for this.
#3 Plant a mini field of wheat from seed - April is a good month for this.
#4 Plant a bunch of sunflowers to give as a Mother’s Day gift - April is also a good month for this.
#5 Have a go at planting carrots that need cooler weather to thrive - May is a good month for this.
#6 Plant herbs into pots such as coriander, dill and parsley - May is a good month for this.
#7 Plant a seed tray with different herbs and leafy greens like lettuce as a Father’s Day gift - August is a good month for this.
#8 Plant a salad bowl in a raised garden bed or planter with lettuce, rocket and basil - September is a good month for this.
#9 Plant pumpkins on the vine in a pumpkin patch - October is a good month for this.
#10 Build a trellis for bush beans to grow up - October is also a good month for this.
A salad bowl filled with homegrown rocket, lettuce and spinach
Looking for more information? Check out my take on Classroom Gardening Projects To Do, When You Don’t Have A Garden Bed and my Free Brisbane Bees + Butterflies Poster.
