Beaver Scouts Scouts Gardener Activity Badge

Beaver Scout Gardener Activity Badge

How to earn the badge:

• Find out what happens to trees in each of the four seasons.
• Learn what tools you need to garden and how to use some of the tools safely.
• Find out what plants need to grow.
• Help to look after a garden or allotment for two months. Alternatively grow at least three different plants in pots and look after them for two months.
• Keep a record of what you have done and the changes you see. You could draw pictures, write short sentences and take photographs.

Top tips:

For number 2, you can learn how to use small tools, like a trowel or a hand fork. If you want to find out more, you can learn about bigger tools used by adults.

If you don’t have a garden or allotment you can use, you could try looking after a range of pot plants. Or you could see if there’s a scheme in your local community. Your school might have a garden you can help with. Or your meeting place might have a space you can use.

The Royal Horticultural Society runs a campaign to turn grey spaces into living planted places. You and your Colony could promise to turn a grey space around. Find out more here.