Raised Garden Bed Plant Science Kit (6 × 3 × 1 ft) – Outdoor Garden Lab with Curriculum & Worksheets

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A complete outdoor plant science lab. Students start seeds indoors, transplant them into their own raised garden bed, and observe and record how plants grow from seed to harvest. This kit turns a backyard garden into a hands-on life science course.

Subject: Life Science / Plant Biology
Grade levels: K–5 or 6–12 (choose at checkout)
Includes: grade-level curriculum and student worksheets

Choose Your Grade Level

Select Grades K–5 or Grades 6–12. The physical kit is the same for both; your selection determines which curriculum and worksheets you receive. The curriculum and worksheets are digital and are emailed to you after purchase.

Learning Objectives

Grades K–5

  • Name what a plant needs to grow: sunlight, water, soil, and space
  • Watch a seed sprout and identify roots, stems, and leaves
  • Plan where each plant goes in the garden bed
  • Record growth with drawings and simple charts

Grades 6–12

  • Explain germination, transplanting, and the plant life cycle
  • Calculate garden bed area and volume and design a planting layout
  • Measure and graph plant growth over time
  • Compare how the five plant varieties respond to the same conditions

What's Included

  • 1 × galvanized steel raised garden bed (6 ft × 3 ft × 1 ft)
  • 5 × 3-inch peat pots and soil for starting seeds
  • 5 different seed varieties
  • Grade-level curriculum (digital, emailed after purchase)
  • Student worksheets (digital, emailed after purchase)

Note: the included potting soil is for starting seeds in the peat pots. Filling the full garden bed requires additional garden soil (about 18 cubic feet).

Garden Bed Specifications

  • Dimensions: 6 ft L × 3 ft W × 1 ft H (72 × 36 × 12 in)
  • Material: galvanized steel with a rust-resistant coating
  • Design: open-bottom, rectangular, with drainage
  • Use: outdoor

Curriculum Overview

Grades K–5 (5 lessons): 1) What plants need 2) Planting seeds in peat pots 3) Building our garden bed 4) Moving seedlings outside 5) Watching our garden grow

Grades 6–12 (5 lessons): 1) Seed structure and germination 2) Garden design: area, volume, and spacing 3) Seed starting and controlled conditions 4) Transplanting and plant care 5) Data collection, graphing, and conclusions

Student Worksheets

  • Garden planning map (where each plant goes, and why)
  • Germination and growth tracking chart
  • Results reflection (K–5) or lab report template with graph (6–12)

Customer Learning Community

Every purchase includes an invitation to Aardvark's Seed Planting For Little Hands, our private support group for students and families using our kits. Members share progress photos, ask questions, troubleshoot experiments, and learn alongside other growers. The group is open to customers — after your order, request to join and we'll add you.

Designed for homeschool and classroom science instruction. No prior teaching experience required.

We have a 30-day return policy, which means you have 30 days after receiving your item to request a return.

To be eligible for a return, your item must be in the same condition that you received it, unworn or unused, with tags, and in its original packaging. You’ll also need the receipt or proof of purchase.

To start a return, you can contact us at aleksandr.gordon@gmail.com.

If your return is accepted, we’ll send you a return shipping label, as well as instructions on how and where to send your package. Items sent back to us without first requesting a return will not be accepted.

You can always contact us for any return question at aleksandr.gordon@gmail.com.