1. Bull City Fit Gardening Curriculum
Summer 2014
Allison Walters
June 4th
 Vegetable “Seed To Harvest” Game
o http://www.cacscw.org/downloads/Food%20and%20Garden%20Activities%20for%20Kids%20
5-05.pdf
o Purpose is to “marvel at wonder of how food grows, celebrate the different kinds of foods we
have, and acknowledge that there are different foods for different seasons”
o Discuss similarities between seeds (ex. Pumpkin and squash)
o Discuss how each vegetable grows from the seeds (Ex. Potato growing from “eye”)
o Inform kids what vegetables we’re going to be planting this summer
 Discuss what dishes you could possibly make with them
June 18th
 Plant the seeds and reintroduce the vegetables
o Garden safety
o Teach kids how to properly plant the seeds/seedlings
o Plant!
o Discuss what dishes you could possibly make with the vegetables (again, in case there are a
different set of kids, etc.)
 Vegetables we grew:
o Okra
o Bush beans
o White eggplant
o Red and yellow bell pepper
o Beefsteak and cherry tomatoes
July 2nd
 Check on garden
o Examine progress, weed if needed.
 Grow your own seeds in a plastic bag!
o http://www.saps.org.uk/primary/teaching-resources/639-growing-seeds-in-a-plastic-bag
 How can you incorporate vegetables into your July 4th meal/cookout?
July 16th
 Tasting day!
o Taste some of the veggies in the garden
 Do different colored peppers taste differently? What about different types of tomatoes?
 Blind test – have one partner close eyes and other partner feeds them one color of
pepper or one type of tomato. Can they guess which type of pepper or tomato they
tested? How does your sight effect your perception of the vegetables?

2.  Do you like them?
o Cook broccoli 3 different ways
 Microwave, raw, steam
 Do the different methods of cooking the vegetables make them taste differently?
o Sautee eggplant – encourage them to try a new vegetable they have never had (most hadn’t had
eggplant, which we had in our garden.)
July 30th
 Recipe off!
o Kids create a theoretical “recipe” with at least one of the vegetables we planted. We could have
them write it out and draw a picture of their recipe. It would all be theoretical, so you wouldn’t
have to buy any more ingredients. The winning recipe could be made next week in the kitchen!
 At least one adult/volunteer per team – helps gets parents involved!
o Kids present recipe in front of panel of adults
 Must say why they think they should win and why they think their dish is healthy.