Grassroots Movement
Welcome to the Food Revolution Garden,
a partnership between Jamie Oliver and
B etter H om es a n d G ardens
magazine.
You can start a food revolution in your own backyard with this 8xi2-foot
garden. Designed to engage children, it includes a variety of colorful, kid-
pleasing vegetables that are easy to grow in any sunny spot.
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1) SU N FLO W ER S
Fun varieties like ‘Kong’ and
‘Teddy Bear’ have large seeds.
2 ) PO LE BEA N S
Grow runner beans up tall
bamboo-stake “tepees”
that kids can hide in.
3) TO M ATO ES
Mix staples like ‘Early Girl’
with colorful, sweet, bite-size
types like ‘Yellow Pear’.
4 ) ‘ G R EEN T IG ER ’ ZUCCHINI
AND ‘ SC A LLO P’ SQUASH
Grows fast and looks cool.
5 ) CUCU M BER
‘Bush’ is compact, grows fast.
6
) ‘ G Y P S Y ’ P E P P E R
Not too hot for young palates.
7 ) SNAP PEA
‘Super Snappy’ is good raw.
8
) BROCCOLI
Kids can’t resist broccoli
with a name like ‘Pacman’.
9) KOHLRABI
Children are fascinated
by the blue and green orbs.
10) ONIONS
Scallions bring quick harvest.
11) BUSH BEA N S
‘Royal Burgundy’, ‘Bush Blue
Lake’, and ‘Mellow Yellow’
grow a rainbow of color.
12) L E A F L E T T U C E
Quick to harvest, delicious.
13) HEAD L E T T U C E
Colorful varieties like ‘Red
Sails’ are beautiful mixed
with green ‘Buttercrunch’.
14) CARROTS AND RAD ISH ES
Alternate rows of slow-to-
sprout carrots with fast
radishes. Harvest radishes,
then let carrots fill in.
15) ‘JA N IE ’ MARIGOLDS
Decorate gardens and lure
butterflies with fast, pretty,
easy-to-grow marigolds.
Dig Deeper
To download a copy of this plan
and larger versions suitable for
school teaching gardens, go to
BHG.com/foodrevolution
B E T T E R HOMES AND GARDENS |
APRIL 2011 |
BHG.COM
