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Health
Quarter 1, Wk. 7 - Module 7
Home Gardening as an Environmental Project

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Quarter 1, Wk.7-8 - Module 7: Home Gardening as Environmental Project
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Health
Quarter 1, Wk. 7-8 - Module 6
Home Gardening as an Environmental Project

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 Table of Contents

What This Module is About.................................................................................................i

What I Need to Know..........................................................................................................ii
How to Learn from this Module..........................................................................................ii
Icons of this Module...........................................................................................................iii

What I Know..................................................................................................................... iii

Lesson 1:
Home Gardening as an Environmental Project..................................................................
What’s In.....................................................................................................

What I Need to Know..................................................................................

What’s New .............................................................................................
What Is It....................................................................................................
What’s More ..............................................................................................
What I Have Learned..................................................................................
What I Can Do............................................................................................

Summary
Assessment: (Post-Test)
Key to Answers..............................................................................................................
References.....................................................................................................................
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What This Module is About

At this moment, you are now wired to upkeep the environment. Becoming mindful to
work for nature’s sake is a fulfilling role that helps to eradicate community problems.
Certainly, it offers a lot of meaningful ways which absolutely promote life and restore health.
Such that, elders could do tree planting, learners would have clean-up drive, others may
initiate a beach clearing, while residents may sort to recycling or waste reduction, and a lot
more. Among them, which would you prefer as means to realize an environmental project?
How about gardening from you backyards? Like planting in pots and recycled containers on
terraces, or in an area near after the doorsteps? Wouldn’t you go for a home living amid
attractive surrounding?
In this pandemic times, the situation still calls to refrain us to go out unnecessarily
from homes. So then, a garden to keep like vegetables, herbs, or ornamental plants could be
the best among other environmental project to get into. Since it doesn’t require us to do
social contact with others. Planting in pots and layering them is quiet sensible for everyone
to start. So why not try to cultivate a soil? Isn’t it a better environmental plan for the pursuit of
community health?
Planting in the backyards is merely not new to other household Filipinos. Since
several of us has gone extra mile when it comes to food gardening. Our government has
also initiated programs to advocate this as a productive practice and an admirable
environmental activity that one can do. One government agency is very visible on its
distribution of vegetable seeds to walk-in clients who want to engage in vegetable gardening.
Let us now venture a few steps to experience more of breeze, shade from leaves,
gather lovely flowers, and mostly, harvest some herbs, vegies, or crops right in our
backyards. Bring your patience to flower beds and seedlings to care for. For this could not
only help you provide some much-needed relief from stress, but it could help you and
your parents to skip the trip to the market once the produce comes in. This will not only
provide source of food for the family, but also open for extra income opportunities.

What I Need to Know

As a learner, you possess a crucial role to the environment. Your cooperation will
function as a foundation for others to initiate desirable health attitudes, habits and practices
in contribution for a healthy community.
At the end of this module, you should be able to:
6. participates in implementing an environmental project such as building and
maintaining a school garden or conducting a war on waste campaign
(depends on feasibility)
How to Learn from this Module
To achieve the objectives cited above, you are to do the following:
• Take your time reading the lessons carefully.
• Follow the directions and/or instructions in the activities and exercises diligently.
• Answer all the given tests and exercises.

Icons of this Module

What I Need to This part contains learning objectives that

Know are set for you to learn as you go along the
module.

What I know This is an assessment as to your level of

knowledge to the subject matter at hand,
meant specifically to gauge prior related
knowledge
What’s In This part connects previous lesson with that
of the current one.

What’s New An introduction of the new lesson through

various activities, before it will be presented
to you

What is It These are discussions of the activities as a

way to deepen your discovery and under-
standing of the concept.

What’s More These are follow-up activities that are in-

tended for you to practice further in order to
master the competencies.

What I Have Activities designed to process what you

Learned have learned from the lesson

What I can do These are tasks that are designed to show-

case your skills and knowledge gained, and
applied into real-life concerns and situations.

II
 What I Know

I. TRUE OR FALSE. Write the item number of the correct statements to the
column TRUE and the incorrect statements to the column False.

1. Houseplants reduce noise.

2. A community with greener gardens will minimize

floods and global warming.

3. Recycling containers for plant pots will maximize

waste materials resulting environmental damage.

4. A garden of vegetables and herbs doesn’t help in

food demand in times of pandemic.

5. Home garden helps you enjoy nature while

staying mindful about environmental impact.

6. Plants as a natural beautification at home is

preferable than fancy decorations.

7. Growing a sustainable garden is not important.

8. Fertilizers and herbicides can be harmful to our environment.

9. In gardening, individual develops good traits and life-skills

necessary for health and living.

10. Foods from the garden are practical.

II. MULTIPLE CHOICE. Encircle the correct answer.

1. Statements below show why plant selection is important to diversify your garden,
except______.

A. To repel pests and diseases. C. More insects will damage and

make plants suffer.
B. It will benefit birds and other
animals. D. Promote biodiversity

2. What it means to have a composting yard and garden wastes?

A. It is the most important sustainable gardening practice.

B. more materials going to the landfill

C. Less organic material for the soil which makes for a poor harvest.

3. Which of the following shows concern for the environment when watering the plants?

A. Collect water rain to water B. Water the plants every now and
then
 C. Do not use sprinklers or hoses D. Always use water from the faucet

4. Which is FALSE about growing a sustainable garden?

A. It is NOT harmful to the C. Works with its surrounding to

environment nature

B. It depletes natural resources. D. support long-term ecological

balance

5. Home gardening is better for the environment, except ________.

A. It does not minimizes the use of fossil fuels for transportation in markets.

B. It provide us more oxygen that we need.

C. minimizes effects of climate change
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Lesson Home Gardening as an Environmental Project

What I Need to Know

This time, you are encouraged to live a “greener” lifestyle at any path your feet may
take you. It would be overwhelming to see you becoming environmentally aware. As you
deal with the lessons, you would develop more of lifelong habits that could potentially invite
others to make dramatic difference in the restoration and revival of the earth. For instance
the environment in which we live is a major determinant of our health and wellbeing. When
everybody is safe and well, there could be no doubt to attain a healthy community.

What’s In

Last module, you have learn ways to prevent and manage environmental health
issues. It stressed the immediate attention and proactive action on our part to ensure
conservation and combat contaminated environment.

In this new lesson, you will be given a good option of home gardening as an essential
action particularly when a pandemic halted the world. Fear arise in our community and
people may have pick up new hobbies while they remain in self-quarantine due to the
COVID-19 concerns. Your attention in gardening maybe far from most of your generation
has taken interest on social media, online games and other modern technologies has
presented. But, trying to involve environmental project such as gardening will offer a great
deal to the health and wellbeing of community members. Its introduction to you as learners
may be able to lessen the food wages impact in low-income community / barangays while
allowing you and your neighbours with greater access to nutritious food that is necessary to
live a healthy life.

Community gardens can exists when everyone at home has visibly maintained
layered pots and bed soils. Thus, it can mitigate some of the problems that plague urban
areas. They can be a beneficial addition to many communities by increasing the availability
of nutritious foods, strengthening community ties in observance of community distancing. It
could also reduce environmental hazards, lessen food miles and creating a more sustainable
system.

What’s New

Activity 1. Reflect and Response

Reflect on the pictures below. In every item, choose only the statement that honestly
suited your case and complete its reflective prompts.

1. Our home has a garden and I could describe it as

_________________________________________________________________
Our home doesn’t have a garden and I think of
_________________________________________________________________
2. I have experiences in gardening and I want to
_________________________________________________________________
I don’t have any experience in gardening and I want to
_________________________________________________________________
3. I am aware that home gardening is useful to our environment such as
_________________________________________________________________
I just knew that home gardening will only bring destruction to the environment when
_________________________________________________________________

What Is It

Activity 2. WORDS TO PONDER

 A container was recycled by a gardener to use as a pot for planting. After few
weeks, there it grew a healthy vegetable ready to harvest. The gardener take a big
smile on his recycled pot as he read the words labelled on a tape in front. What are
the words is he pondering at?

Expose the message through the code below. Write the message on the
spaces provided.

A = 1, E = 2, I = 3,
O = 4, U = 5, G = 6,
R = 7, T = 8, W = 9

_________________________________
_________________________________
_________________________________

Processing Questions:
1. What do you think the message tell us? Explain your answer.
2. Why did a gardener took a big smile reading the message?
3. Do you think he consider environmental health on his planting?

Let us read! √ Staying mindful about environmental impact!

A sustainable garden works with its surrounding nature to contribute to a thriving

ecosystem. It is not harmful to the environment nor depletes natural resources. Thus,
maintaining it support long-term ecological balance.

Growing a sustainable garden is all about learning along the way. Some plants may suffer
from insect damage, and some sustainable practices may take a little more thought and
effort. However, the reward is worth the work. Soon, gardeners like you are encourage to
strive, to give back to the Earth and find ways to live in harmony with nature.

Significant factors in Gardening towards Environmental Health

Composting The most important sustainable gardening practice as it has the greatest
impact. At its root, composting is a form of recycling that not only benefits soil health, but the
health of the humans who take part in it. Composting yard and garden wastes means less
material going to the landfill and more organic material for the soil, which makes for a
healthier, heartier harvest.

Watering Plants It's crucial to be smart when it comes to watering plants-- do so only
when they really need it. Consider sprinklers or hoses that they don't run off in the street or
walkways. Part of sustainable gardening means choosing water wise plants; orange
daylilies, china roses, and succulents don't need a lot of water. You can also collect water
from rain instead from faucet to conserve water loss.

Plant Selection When choosing plants, it's important to diversify your garden in order
to repel pests and diseases and promote biodiversity. Devoting part of the garden to native
plants will especially benefit birds and other animals.
Biodiversity - the variation of life on Earth, is a major factor in its resilience. It
means that in a bio-diverse ecosystem, if the environment changes and some
organisms can no longer thrive, others can take their place and fulfil essential
functions. 

When Home Gardening is maintained and done accordingly, it

has numerous contribution to the environment and community.
Makes the soil healthy and prevent soil erosion
Waste reduction
Abundant trees and greeneries through an increase number of
plants in the community
Conserve water loss
Fresh and purified air as it increases oxygen

Plant production
Ensures environment safety to children and other family members
Clean and safe surroundings
Food security
Beautiful and clean yard

What’s More

Activity 2. Act – Develop - Contribute

In every item, pick appropriate traits and life skills from the pot and choose also its
good contribution to the environment from listed inside the watering pot. Write it on
the labelled columns provided.

Activities involved in Home Traits and What does it contribute

Gardening Life Skills to the environment and
Develop community?
Digging the soil
Reuse plastic bottles and other
containers for pots.
Planting the desired ornamental,
vegetable plants, herbs in the correct
season, or even trees in feasible home
 area.
Watering the garden.
Composting as fertilizer
Re-planting and repotting
Using appropriate tools and placing
them on safe storage.
Deadheading flowers, removing weeds,
pests, and other ways on nursing, and
caring for the plants.
Harvesting vegetables and herbs.
Maintaining the cleanliness and
orderliness of the garden.

Processing Questions:
1. Do you have additional answers? If yes, enumerate them here.
2. Do you think gardening activities are hard and useless? Or valuable and useful?
Why?
3. If you are required to do gardening, how would you make sure you are helping the
environment and community?
What I Have Learned

Activity 4. SEE YOUR TRUE COLOR

Examine Figure 1 with its 4 basic gardening activities. Each has resulted good to the
environment. Complete each of their processes by selecting the best way or wise
practice from Figure 2 choices. Fill in the color of the box to the space provided.

FIGURE 1 FIGURE 2

1. PLANT
SELECTION 2. POTTING THE
PLANTS Use water from
the faucets to
water the plants
Collect rain
water to water
the plants.
ex. ORANGE
_____ Make organic compost
from peels of fruits and
vegetables, egg shells,
leaf clippings, straw, and
Diverse plants will Reduce waste untreated wood chips.
create materials which
BIODIVERSITY. It prevent Use synthetic or artificial
benefits bird and environmental fertilizers.
other animals damage.

 
Reuse broken wheels,
pails or basin, and recycle
plastic bottles and
containers.
Use quality clay pots with
3. CORRECT 4. WATERING unique sizes and designs.
FERTILIZER THE PLANTS
 _____ _____

Less material Water as our most

going to landfill. Select more plants that
precious resource
More organic bear expensive fruits or
is conserve.
material for soil. vegies. You can also
prioritize those can
maintain beatification at
yards.
Go for informed decisions
like inquiring to select
more native plants. They
require less maintenance
and less water.

What I Can Do

Activity 5. HOME GARDENING DIARIES

You will now “walk the talk” with what you have learned in this lesson. Empower your
community / barangay through starting some steps in growing ornamental plants and
crops as an environmental project.

Follow directions below.

1. Plan for a home garden. Consider the area and tools you can reuse.
2. Select 5 variations of vegetables and herbs, 4 ornamental plants, and plant 1 tree
if there’s a feasible area.
3. Gather some plastic containers, old or worn-out basin and pail, or even broken
wheels to serve as recycled pots for planting.
4. Start making the home garden through following the sequence of gardening while
seeing the things to consider (digging soil, composting, watering, nursing, etc.).
5. Make a simplified journal expressing your thoughts and daily experience with
gardening.
6. Ask your home buddy to assists with you and also introduce your environmental
project. Take pictures if possible from the start of doing the activity until 2 weeks.
Summary

Gardening is a healthy and fun way activity.

Individual develops good traits and life-skills necessary for health and living.
There are variety of gardening activities that are interesting and fulfilling.
A sustainable garden works with its surrounding nature to contribute to a thriving
ecosystem. Becoming mindful to its environmental impact is a key!
BENEFITS OF HOME GARDENING TO COMMUNITY AND ENVIRONMENT
1. Improve Physical Health 5. Savings
2. Good for Mental Health 6. Natural Home Decorative
3. Nutrition Intervention 7. Better for the Environment
4. Food Haven 8. Noise Reduction
Home Gardening develops good traits and life – skills to individual:

 Goal – oriented  Love of nature

 Reasoning and discovery  Self – confidence
 Creativity  Practice wellness
 Patience  Responsibility
 Initiative

Assessment: (Post-Test

I. MULTIPLE CHOICE. Encircle the correct answer.

1. Statements below show why plant selection is important to diversify your garden,
except______.

E. To repel pests and diseases. G. More insects will damage and

make plants suffer.
F. It will benefit birds and other
animals. H. Promote biodiversity

2. What it means to have a composting yard and garden wastes?

D. It is the most important sustainable gardening practice.

E. more materials going to the landfill

F. Less organic material for the soil which makes for a poor harvest.

3. Which of the following shows concern for the environment when watering the plants?

E. Collect water rain to water G. Do not use sprinklers or hoses

F. Water the plants every now H. Always use water from the faucet
and then

4. Which is FALSE about growing a sustainable garden?

E. It is NOT harmful to the G. Works with its surrounding to

environment nature

F. It depletes natural resources.

 H. support long-term ecological
balance

5. Home gardening is better for the environment, except ________.

D. It does not minimizes the use of fossil fuels for transportation in markets.

E. It provide us more oxygen that we need.

F. minimizes effects of climate change
II. TRUE OR FALSE. Write the item number of the correct statements to the
column of TRUE and the incorrect statements to the column False.

1. Houseplants reduce noise.

2. A community with greener gardens will minimize

floods and global warming.

3. Recycling containers for plant pots will maximize

waste materials resulting environmental damage.

4. A garden of vegetables and herbs doesn’t help in

food demand in times of pandemic.

5. Home garden helps you enjoy nature while

staying mindful about environmental impact.

6. Plants as a natural beautification at home can be

preferable than fancy decorations.

7. Growing a sustainable garden is not important.

8. Fertilizers and herbicides can be harmful to our environment.

9. In gardening, individual develops good traits and life-skills

necessary for health and living.

10. Foods from the garden are practical.

Key to Answers

PRE – TEST
I. TRUE OR FALSE

II. MULTIPLE CHOICE

1. C
2. A
3. A
4. B
5. A
 6.
POST – TEST

I. MULTIPLE CHOICE

1. C
2. A
3. A
4. B
5. A
 II. TRUE OR FALSE

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2020)

Carpenter, Novella (2020) ‘9 Ways To Get Your Pandemic Victory Garden Off the Ground’,
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(June 2020)

Keshner, Andrew (2020) ‘Why Gardening during a Pandemic is so Comforting”, online at

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/this-earth-day-especially-remember-plants-are-non-judgmental-
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