Gardening

There are many good internet sites for Gardening in Australia. Television gardening shows are: ABC Television Gardening Australia Burke's Backyard SBS Television Costa's Gardening Show If you are at the Polytechnic, you can watch the ABC Gardening Australia program on Clickview. Go to the desktop and find Clickview. Click on it and go to "Off Air Recordings - Series 2010 - Gardening Australia".

Some other good websites are: Growing Australian native plants in Tasmania Grow your own food in Tasmania Community Gardens in Tasmania

The Botanical Gardens in Hobart is the best place to go to learn about what to grow in your garden. media type="googlemap" key="http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&q=Botanical+gardens+in+Tasmania&ie=UTF8&hq=Botanical+gardens&hnear=Tasmania,+Australia&cid=6776407662041896223&ll=-42.875587,147.32872&spn=0.022015,0.036478&z=14&iwloc=A&iwstate1=sscorrectthiscard&output=embed" width="425" height="350"

=Try these language learning activities about Gardening:=

This was Indira's wonderful vegie and flower garden in Warrane.

​media type="custom" key="5017333" __Grammar__ I've got a (nice/big/vegie) garden. She's got a garden. We've got a garden. They've got a garden. I haven't got a garden. He hasn't got a garden. We haven't got a garden. They haven't got a garden. Have you got a garden? Has she got a garden? Has it got a garden? Have they got a garden?

Look at this grass! Time to mow! Sunny day at last!

The bag is full already!

__Listen to the story "MOWING THE LAWNS"__

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__Practise your writing__ Mowing the Lawns story

__Garden Waste (Green Organics) Collection__ After our big gardening day, there were lots of weeds to be collected. Our council collects garden waste once a month. You can ring your local council and find out the dates for the collection. They will send you a calendar. Put the loose weeds in containers. Tie the big sticks and branches into bundles with string. Put it all out on the curb or the nature strip. Here is the webpage with information from one of the local councils - Clarence City Council media type="custom" key="4614722" Practise this dialogue - Ringing your local council for the dates for garden waste collection in your street:

Receptionist
 * City Council, this is Robin.

You
 * Hello, I'm ringing about the garden waste collection. Can you tell me how often the collection is?

Receptionist
 * Yes, it is once a month on your normal garbage collection day.

You
 * Oh right. I live in

[your suburb]. When is the next collection for garden waste? Receptionist
 * What is your street address?

You
 * It's

[your street address]. Receptionist
 * OK, just a moment .... so ..... the next collection day for your street is

[day, date]. Would you like me to send you a brochure with the dates for this year? You
 * Yes, please. That'd be good.

Receptionist
 * So your address was

[your street address] ? Is that right? You
 * Yes, that's right.

Receptionist
 * OK, I'll put one in the post for you straightaway. Anything else I can help you with today?

You
 * No that's all. Thank you very much.

Receptionist
 * You're welcome. Bye bye.

You
 * Goodbye.

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__Share your garden experiences__ Tell us about your garden. Tell us about gardening. Take some photos and make a slide show of your garden. Put it all on your own page.


 * __Read a recount of a busy day in the garden__**

Instructions for planting seedlings Suzanne's horticulture class practises planting

Suzanne's recount about gardening