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Lemons
Oranges
Persimmon
Strawberries
Tomato
Peaches
Pomegranate

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Artichokes
Corn
Cucumber
Fava Beans
Grapes
Lettuce
Radishes
Snow Peas

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Mint

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Lavender
Mexican Sunflowers
San Miguel Island Buckwheat

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Herbs like mint and basil are very good at keeping pests away from the produce, so it would be beneficial to plant them next to certain vegetables and fruits, like tomatoes.

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Our group’s decision regarding the soil in our garden will be to manage the schedule and amount of water use and salts in the soil. The best approach will be to feed our soil with biota, which is the collective term that encompasses all organisms that spend a significant portion of their life cycle within a soil profile, or at the soil-litter interface. Organisms such as earthworms , protozoa, fungi, bacteria, different arthropods will feed the plant. We will see these organisms by digging up in moist, loose, and shady (covered) soil and begin to dig and see if there are any earthworms residing there, the different arthropods and nematodes grow naturally on just about every surface of the earth so it will not be difficult to already have those in our soil. You can also find fungi in rotting wood and in the forest growing on trees and in the ground, so easily we can collect it and add it to our soil. And in addition, we will add compost to the soil to add any other necessary nutrients for the plant.

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Composting is important because it adds nutrients to the soil without using harmful chemicals. For a compost pile to be functional there needs to be a correlation between Nitrogen-rich  (old vegetables) ingredients  and Carbon-rich (dead leaves) ingredients. This will also help in keeping unused vegetables/fruits from going into the trash.

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Ladybugs are not actually pollinators, but they are an organic way to prevent pests an protect both the plants and the pollinators.

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This design is based on the pre-existing garden that is already there. The designs include crops  that are already in the garden like grapes, artichokes, lavender, pomegranates, and mint.  There are two designs, one for spring/earlysummer and one for late summer/winter. The garden has a combination of mostly two different crops for each of the beds. The crops chosen were because of their combination together that would result in a profitable yield.

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Involve clubs such as the sustainability club to bring scraps from the CI to compost.

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Involve the Food Recovery Network, to help take in extra vegetables, fruits, and/or herbs to other places ( soup kitchen, local restaurants, etc.)

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Have classes in the garden sometimes (i.e. art classes painting the garden, environmental science classes learning about adding nitrogen to the soil, English classes learning about the transcendentalist concepts of self reliance and the importance of nature in the garden, etc.)

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Involve the elementary school across campus and invite the children and teachers to a “protect a pollinator program” to teach them about the important roles bees, butterflies and other pollinators have in the garden.

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Give the garden more of a presence on the college’s social media to bring awareness (i.e. WC The Rock on Instagram)

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Ask societies to hold open houses in the garden to publicize the importance of the garden on campus.

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Companion plants are important for a garden because not only do they attract pollinators, but they also can help keep insects you don’t want away from your crops.