Community Garden plots are available for any member of the community. Adopt your own plot, choose what you will plant and grow, learn how to be a gardener, and share your knowledge with others in the Community Garden community. Once you reap your harvest, you can share it with anyone in your community who needs fresh produce. 

Preparation Instruction:
Attend garden club quarterly meeting, join gardeners whatsapp chat, post progress on oersonal and group Facebook Instagram etc... be proud of your garden
*reserve your plot $20 for 6 months. Select types of plants to be grown .

Activity Instruction:
Plant and Care for your garden over 6 months.
Work and take pictures of all the steps involved in setting up your garden. 
Attend 2 garden meeting within 6 months.
Spend a minimum of 2 hours per week tending to your garden and helping others with theirs. 
Be sure to sign in and out each time you visit your garden so hours may be clocked in.
Plant and maintain your garden plot.
Research recipes that use your produce as an ingredient. 
When your garden is ready for harvesting, donate some to senior citizens or anyone in your community who may need fresh produce. 
Take pictures from start to harvest to donation, and post on social media with the hashtag #guamservicelearning #KurasonISengsongcommunity garden 
 

Reflection Instruction:
In order to earn service learning hours, a reflection needs to be turned into a teacher who can input the hours into Power School. You need to address: What did you do? What did you learn? How was this an example of public service? How did you use digital/ online tools to record and share your progress? 
Did you use your project to help this organization promote this service? And how? 
Will you recommend this project to others? 

Learning Standards/Objectives:
To give students an opportunity to learn from other gardeners basic garden care and general planting basics they can use throughout their lives. To connect students with real world issues affecting gardeners and farmers on Guam. To encourage students to research various recipes they can make with their produce.

Science Standard 2: Life Science

Students understand the diversity and unity of living organisms, the living environment, and principles of ecology.
BI.2.22 Understand and describe how organisms (your plants) are influenced by a particular combination of living and nonliving components of the environment (sun, water, fertilizer, etc.).

Social Studies Standard 4: Government and Civics

Students learn to achieve civic competence by studying the structures of power, authority, and governance.

AG.4.16 Practice personal character traits that facilitate thoughtful and effective participation in civic life, including thefollowing:

• Responsibility, accountability, and self-reliance

AG.4.17: Explain the importance of thoughtful and effective participation in civic life, including the following:

• Performing public service

  Name: Barbara Burkhardt- Community Garden Manager

 Phone: 671-482-5180

  Email: Igpguam671@gmail.com

Organization/Agency/Business Name: Island Girl Power - Kurason I Sengsong