School Yard Garden

The School Yard Garden is a demonstration for everyone, with a focus on teachers or anyone that wants to engage youth. This yard demonstrates ideas you can use to grow food in any size of space, not just a large plot of land. Gardening can be done on gravel, pavement, a field, or in this case, mulch. All you need is a few materials and you can start growing your own produce.

Bunker Planter

A planter made of wood and tires with plants growing in it.

	Bunker Planter Pros	Bunker Planter Cons
	Lots of root zone	Requires construction
	Reuses materials	Requires a lot of soil
	Allows for a low tunnel cover
	Allows for a trells to be added

Bunker Planter Instructions

Easy Access Bed

A flower bed made from tires, wood and tin covered with a plastic canopy.

	Easy Access Bed Pros	Easy Access Bed Cons
	Visually appealing	Requires construction
	Reuses materials	Requires a lot of soil
	Lots of root zone
	Allows for a low tunnel cover

Easy Access Bed Instructions

Modular Tire Bed

A flower bed made from stacked tires.

	Modular Tire Bed Pros	Modular Tire Bed Cons
	Repurposed tires	Not aesthetically appealing
	Simple construction
	Elevated for easy planting

Modular Tire Bed Instructions

Rubber Lumber Bed

A long, rectangular flower bed surrounded by wood chips made from rubber tires.

	Rubber Lumber Bed Pros	Rubber Lumber Bed Cons
	Ability to grow lots of produce	Labor intensive construction
	Made of reused materials	Immovable
	Can incorporate weed barrier and low tunnel
	Will last a long time

Rubber Lumber Raised Bed Instructions

Extension

School Yard Garden

Bunker Planter

Easy Access Bed

Modular Tire Bed

Rubber Lumber Bed

General Resources