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The Urban Gardening Club

From Nature Cat · 2023

The Urban Gardening Club
3 min1st2nd3rdScience
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Summary

A short Nature Cat clip (~3 min). The gang starts a garden right in the city, showing how plants can grow even in small spaces. Free on the official PBS KIDS YouTube channel.

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Discussion questions

Discussion

You don't need a big field to garden — plants can grow in the city, too.

  1. Where in a city could you grow plants?
  2. What do those plants still need to grow?
  3. How can a garden change a city space for the better?
  4. What would you plant in a small garden?

Quick work-a-long

Vocabulary: garden, city, soil, container, grow.

Try it: Design a garden for a small space (a windowsill or a pot). Draw what you'd plant.