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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

 


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