Let’s Dig, Sow and Grow is an urban gardening programme designed for families looking to start their own kitchen garden together
Here’s your chance to learn from our food growing journey at the Good Garden.
Facilitated and designed by our Permaculture Design partners Cultivate Central, you and your child will learn how to nurture a healthy, abundant and compact kitchen garden. From creating good soil to composting, working with worms to planting herbs and leafy greens, we will share our experience and tips. All activities will be designed so that kids can participate and contribute meaningfully.
Join us for this programme and encourage a grow your own culture at home. We believe children who explore gardening and growing food will not only make healthy food choices but also connect, gain ideas and inspiration from nature.
Let’s Dig Sow and Grow will run for 2 sessions. Lessons from each session will include the following:
Session 1: Let’s build soil together
Composting – Three methods suitable for composting in urban environments. Working with Worms – The art and science of composting with worms and how you can do this with kids. Make your own Mini Worm Home to take home with your child. Mixing soil – create a great potting mix, observations on properties of good soil, where to get supplies and the ingredients we use when we mix our own soil
Container gardening – exploring the different planter options.
Take home: Mini Worm Home to help you get started on vermicomposting.
Session 2: Let’s grow some food together
Discover 8 easy growing plants to kick start your compact Kitchen Garden.
Plant some leafy greens – some tips, ideas and a hands-on project to plant up your own leafy greens box.
Discover the world of microgreens – why plant microgreens? How to plant microgreens?
Sun, water, fertiliser – how to manage these conditions in an urban environment and lessons and tips from our experience growing food in the good garden.
Take home: A leafy green box to help you kick start a small garden patch.
Details
Age: 5 – 12. Five-year-olds must be accompanied by an adult. Kids 6-12 may or may not be accompanied by an adult.
This is a programme suitable for parents as well but you may treat it as a drop-off.
We will be limiting the number of participants to ensure the quality of the session, so please do sign up early so not to be disappointed.
Where: The Good Garden, The Artground
Image Credit: The Artground
Age
5–12
Price
per 1 adult + 1 child/ per session: 35 SGD
Telephone number
+65 6925 0621
Links
Address
Singapore90 Goodman Road Block J #01-40, Singapore 439053
How to get there?
By Bus
- Bus Numbers – 12, 14, 30, 30E, 158, 196 & 401
- Alight at Bus Stop (91099) along Mountbatten Road.
By MRT
- Alight at Circle Line’s Mountbatten MRT Station and take Exit B.