Pictures

When the plants have grown, I will upload the pictures on the blog.

June Holidays

We are sorry that we have not posted on this blog for awhile. Yesterday, we went to Chen Zhi's house to meet up for IPW and discuss about our work. We have completed many things and I have been growing Bitter Gourd, from what i know, climbs. I have been taking pictures and will post some now

Results for survey

This survey is about a fence garden and how much you know about them.

Total no. of people who took this survey: 40

1) Have you ever heard of this concept before?
Yes: 50%
No: 19%
Maybe: 31%

2) Do you think it is possible?
Yes: 56%
No: 25%
Maybe: 19%

3) Would you eat plants from foods that were grown in this fence garden?
Yes: 31%
No: 38%
Maybe: 31%

4) Do you think this would be as effective as an eco-garden?
Yes: 38%
No: 19%
Maybe: 44%

5) Do you think that this "fence garden" would contribute to the current effort to make the school go green?
Yes: 53%
No: 20%
Maybe: 27%

6) If this "fence garden" was required a small contribution of money or otherwise from every student, would you contribute
voluntarily?
Yes: 19%
No: 31%
Maybe: 50%

7) Would you be concerned of the possible breeding areas by the plants for pest such as mosquitos?
Yes: 56%
No: 25%
Maybe: 19%

8) Which type of plants do you think you would like on the "fence garden"?
Flowering plants: 25%
Non-Flowering plants: 13%
Food Producing plants: 38%
Not Sure or Don't Mind: 25%

9) Would you agree to the school using these plants for purposes such as food or maybe beautifying the school?
Yes: 25%
No: 44%
Maybe: 31%

10) Would you like to contribute anything physical(can be almost anything) to the garden?
Yes: 25%
No: 44%
Maybe: 31%

week 13 group reflection

Our Progress:

Week 1:Sorting out our theme,topic

Week 2: Sorting out what we have to do and what we need for it

Week 3:Clarifying the focus of our group,distributing tasks,

Week 4:guiding questions on our rooftop garden

week 5:specifying group tasks

Week 6:changing the project to current "fence garden"project,made questions for survey

week 7:discussing the questions of the survey w/ our teacher,Mr Goh

week 8:Darren,brought the materials that Mr Goh suggested we use for the prototype plants and we worked out how to use them effectively

week 9:tabulated sources of info,worked out details of the prototype plants(e.g exact dimensions of the cut on the 1.5 litre bottle

week 10:summarized the description of our product so as to know exactly what to do,hung the prototype plants on a fence in the school

week 11:careful tending and monitoring of the plants over the week and weeks to come,discussing the progress of the plants w/ Mr Goh

week 12:continued tending(weeding,watering) the plants,summarised the progress of the plants and discussed w/ teacher

I have faced many difficulties while doing the project. The survey was one because it was quite hard getting people to take the survey and compiling the results. Everyone contributed. Chen Zhi and I are in charge of doing practical while Dino and Darius are in charge of the blog and research.

Week 11 reflection

I know that our project work will definitely benefit society as well as save the earth because planting more plants can lower the temperature of the earth and slow the speed of global warming.

I think we are taking the correct direction but the only thing is that we have to do more deeper research to fulfill the requirement.

I have learnt from the product that the product is not as easy to make as I had expected......

I would still have to consider the weeds growing too on the fence and as well as the facts that insects are also eating the plants.

Week 10 reflection

We have agreed to create a prototype using recycled materials to plant a plant on unused space. Such as fences. Planting plants on fences using recycled materials not only benefit us, but also benefits society. It recycles materials and beautifies the environment with greenery and flowers.(If we are planting flowering plant) So, we have decided to plant lady's finger as it is a flowering plant and can also produce food for us to eat.