Gardener
Cub Scouts develop and demonstrate practical gardening knowledge and skills to help beautify their community and/or to grow and produce food.
Requirements
Complete the following:
- Show the proper use of a spade, fork, and rake and how to care for them.
- Prepare, plant and look after for three months, one of the following:
- A garden at least 1.5 square meters in size
- A window box at least 60 cm x 25 cm. in size
- Two or more perennial
- A plant terrarium
- Identify and name from life any three of the following:
- Six garden flowers
- Six garden vegetables
- Four common weeds
- Three common friends of the garden
- Three common pests of the garden
- Choose and do any two of the following:
- Grow a bulb
- Grow a tree seed,
- Start a vegetable from seed on blotter or paper towelling
- Grow a plant from seedlings
- Grow a plant from the tops of turnips, carrots, radishes, parsnips or beets
