would always weed, hoe, and maintain the garden even on the hottest days of the year. We did everything together and to me she became family. Unfortunately, as the years went by it became more and more difficult for Edna to fulfill her life with gardening with which she’d cherished all her life. Seeing her struggle everyday broke my heart. I remember the day like it was just yesterday. We were in the garden one summer picking an array of vegetables like any other day. I noticed she was…
grow the foods yourselves. Many find gardening peaceful because there are nice flowers that grow. You have highly nutritious organic food all year long. Even if they are not organic it is still very good for you. Gardening is something that we can help our parents with instead of watching TV or playing video games. Gardening can require a lot of work but the work is worth its benefits for example you can sell the fruits and veggies or donate to charity. Gardening may not be for everyone but what…
Introduction What is nature? On the surface, this might appear to be a very simple question, but it is actually very complex. Indeed, each person has their own concept of nature, and these concepts influence how we interact with the environment. Is nature something that is separate from society? Is it a place to “get away from it all?” Based on these questions, it is important to understand how nature shapes society and how society shapes nature. Between 1970 and 1990, coastal population in…
I have always had an affinity for nature, having been attracted to its ethereal beauty at a very young age. My earliest and fondest memories are, hiding amidst the jasmine trellis, and yellow roses of my garden. Having gone to a preschool and kindergarten on a small farm, at a very young age I solidified bonds with nature, through the process of growing, and harvesting plants, as well as caring for small animals. When I planted seeds with my small hands, watching them transform into plants, I…
a store that sells these kinds of products can help consumers compare the benefits of each product. (Claessens, 2015) 2. www.terracycle.net through its online retailer Dwell Smart sells products such as bags, cleaning solutions, fertilizers and gardening products. TerraCycle has many product lines available for sale such as products for office, outdoors, and school. So, I would consider TerraCyle's product width to be 3 or more because of the various product lines available for sale. Product…
for children to have a break from the growing use of technology both in classrooms and at home. A core value of Ignite Innovation Academy is to increase connections between teachers, children, parents and the community. Implementing an outdoors gardening program for students will display and facilitate this core value by bringing teachers, parents, and the children together to learn about plant life. Children originating in an urban environment will benefit exceedingly from learning how to plant…
She spent all day in her beloved garden, which took up the entire front and back yard. A garden of the heart; she plants all the good things. I was young, she would include me in her gardening chores by handing me her blue bucket of tools or red watering can. She’d hand me a scissor and ask me to go outside to pick a bouquet of flowers for her. Any flowers I wanted. That was such an exciting feeling for me, to choose which flowers I wanted…
Science Fair Research Paper Plants are one of the most diverse and important organisms that live on this planet. They provide us with energy, clean air to breathe, and sometimes even valuable, life-saving medicine. It seems fit, then, that we should know more about these incredible life forms and how we can grow them in our own backyards. To fully understand the being of the plant, we must first look in the micro world of the plant cell. There are three distinct parts of the plant with…
community members diminished immensely. In the neighborhood “Oakland Hills”, they used the recreational activity of “gardening” as a part of the answer to their problem. This example truly shows the incredible power that recreation can have and it’s many benefits. This community garden gave people the opportunity to meet, share interests, and get to know their neighbors. The practice of gardening also allowed people to build or expand their skill set which is essential for self-actualization,…
emigrated to the United States in 1907, established the Kubota Gardening Company in 1923, and purchased five acres of logged-off swamp land in the Rainer Beach neighborhood in 1927. As Fujitaro's landscaping business prospered, his Rainier Beach garden grew to include twenty aces. It was the family home, the business office, the design and display center. And it was a nursery to grow plant materials for the gardens installed by the Kubota Gardening company. Mr. Kubota died at the age of 94 in…