Description
Experience the joy of gardening and get to know your vegetables, fruits and herbs.
How to earn your badge:
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Find out what seasons are best to grow a selection of six fruits and vegetables.
Find out what it is about those seasons that make them the right time to grow your fruit and vegetables.
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Learn what tools you need to garden (a minimum of three) and show that you know how to use them safely.
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Help to look after and grow at least one item in a garden or allotment for two months.
Alternatively, grow at least two different fruits, vegetables or herbs for two months indoors or in plant pots.
You could grow:
- herbs such as basil or mint
- vegetables such as lettuce or runner beans
- fruits such as tomatoes or strawberries
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Design plant labels for the plants you are looking after or growing.
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Understand what mini beasts are and why they are good for our gardens and outdoor spaces.
Visit a bug hotel and record what you find living there.
Tips
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The tools you use in requirement two don’t have to be huge – you could learn how to use smaller tools such as a trowel or hand fork.
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You don’t need your own garden or allotment to achieve this badge – you can grow some plants (such as herbs) indoors in a window box.
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You could also look for gardening schemes in your local community – your school or meeting place might have a garden you can use.
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The Royal Horticultural Society runs a campaign to turn grey spaces into planted places. Are they any grey spaces your Cub Pack could turn around?
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