Types of Gardens
A single piece of land that is shared and gardened by a group of people. Great in urban or city settings where people may not have access to land.
Community Garden
A portable water container with a long spout.
The part of the year where temperature and rainfall allow plants to grow.
Growing season
This is the best time of day to water the garden.
Early morning
This leafy green can also be purple. You might enjoy it baked as a chip.
Kale
A type of garden that is good for people with limited space where plants are not put directly into the ground and can be easily moved around.
Container Garden
A hand tool or machine used for breaking up soil.
Tiller
A plant that germinates, flowers, and fruits in 1 year or season and then is done.
Annual
This number is Minnesota's hardiness zone and helps tell us what plants can and cannot grow here.
4
This vegetable can come in a variety of colors beyond the usual yellow with names like Calico and Glass Gem.
Corn or Maize
A type of ecological activism where people garden on land without permission as an act of protest.
Guerilla Gardening
This modern tool can help with garden planning, creating a map, and scheduling for a garden.
Technology or a Gardening App
This type of seed has been unaltered and seeds can be harvested from the "fruit" and planted for the next year.
Heirloom
The nickname for the Indigenous farming method of companion gardening where beans, corn, and squash are grown together.
The Three Sisters
This is the first vegetable to be grown in space and the green, unripe version of this root vegetable is toxic if eaten.
Potato
This type of garden is part of an anti-yard movement that discourages typical all grass yards.
Food Lawn
A type of scissors for use with plants and is often used for pruning and deadheading plants.
Sheers
Decayed organic material is used as a plant fertilizer.
Compost
This unwanted part of a tomato plant is often pruned off above the node to promote better growth.
Sucker
Long ago, this "fruit" was once thought to be poisonous and was nicknamed "poison apple" partially due to its acidity.
Tomato
This type of garden can be grown along walls and often involves hydroponics systems.
Vertical Garden
This ancient gardening tool is one of the oldest tools known to gardening. It is used to move soil around and to chop weeds.
Garden hoe
A fun trick where an entirely new plant can be grown from an existing one, sometimes through a cutting.
Out of the four types of soil, this is the best for growing crops and for gardens, being the perfect mix.
Loam Soil
This root vegetable has been grown for over 7,000 years, was considered sacred in Egypt, and was used as a form of currency in the Middle Ages.
Onion