Beaver Scout Gardener Activity Badge
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To purchase this badge you need to fit the following criteria – be a registered Badge Secretary, Section or Assistant Section Leader or a County or District Administrator.
You’ll need to sign in, enter your details plus your membership number in the Scout ID box.
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About this product
- Type: Woven with merrow border
- Size: 40mm
£1.50 delivery for orders of badges and woggles only.
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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.