GREENHOUSECONSTRUCTION
Designing a greenhouse for Golden Valley School
1 Introduction
So Year Two your school has decided to introduce a
2 Brief
So Year Twos a project for our class is to design a plan for a greenhouse to be constructed in the
greenhouse to the school grounds! school. This is a only a project and no greenhouse will be constructed.
This new feature of the school includes a school/ This project with be done in groups of at least two and most four.
community garden, with opportunities to grow your So take what you have learnt previously about what a seed needs to grow and to provide vegetables,
own vegetables.
and what the importance of good soil, to start designing your greenhouse.
The plants and vegetables need to be in the right kind of
soil, with the right amount of sunlight and water.
3 Generating Designs
Use this space to brainstorm and plan out what your greenhouse will have.
4 Project Specifications
W hat must be included in your design is:
- an area for vegetables (tomatoes, lettuce, sugar
snap peas or green beans
- an area for herbs (basil, chives, lavender, parsley,
thyme and rosemary)
- flowers to accompany the vegetables to attract
good bugs (marigold, chamomile, daisies, clover).
- a sprinkler system
- areas to store the gardening tools and supplies.
5 Project Management 6 Evaluation
So to complete the project you will need to provide:
Steps to completing the project:
- a drawing of the greenhouse from the outside
1.Decide on what size and shape your greenhouse will be.
- a birds eye view of the greenhouse with all the areas clearly
2.Organizing and deciding what kinds of vegetables, herbs
labelled
and flowers you will have in your greenhouse.
- a resource list of all the things you would need
3.Designing the inside of the greenhouse or outside as a
vegetable garden. ALL DISPLAYED ON ONE PIECE OF PAPER!!!
4.W riting the resource and materials list.
5.Displaying all the drawings and plans on one piece of paper
6.Submitting it with all of your groups names in it.
8 Time Allocation
7 Presentation
You will as a group present your greenhouse to the class at the end of the several lessons and explain to
We will work on this project in class over two separate class times, to
make sure that all group members are involved.
the class what each component of your plan means.
Each member must understand the plan and speak out the greenhouse.