Better quality, more nutritious food
• All the fruit and vegetables grown in your
garden are easily grown by yourself. It does
not require specific skills and is relatively
inexpensive.
Environmentally-friendly
• Using organic waste matter as fertilizer,
we can reduce landfill waste, thereby
reducing pollution.
A vegetable garden has other
benefits too
• A shared space and activity that encourages
both children and adults to spend time
outdoors.
• A vegetable garden can increase children’s
vegetable consumption and willingness to try
new vegetables they have grown.
• A place to learn, an opportunity to work
the land and learn about our local environment.
A garden can teach us to love Nature, create
an interest in conservation and encourage us
to respect life.
1.2 The benefits of a vegetable garden
