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Vertical Garden
Glossary of Terms
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12th Grade
01/25/2023

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1. Vertical Garden/Farm
Definition
We grow plants upwards instead of outwards to make the most of space
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2. Design
Definition
This is a plan to make a physical object. It’s usually a drawing
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3. Inorganic
Definition
Something that’s not made from living things, like a brick or glass !
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4. Organic
Definition
This is something that is made from living things like paper is made from wood and some cloth is made from wool !
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5. Climate Change
Definition
When we see a bad change in the weather due to human’d doing things like burning fossil fuels like coal.
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6. Sustainability
Definition
Being achieved without having a negative impact on the earth’s climate
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7. Research
Definition
When we look at information to understand something better. The internet is a great source of research
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8. Recycling
Definition
Using something that would normally be discarded like turning a plastic bottle into a planter
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9. Upcycling
Definition
Using a discarded object to make something better than the original object, like turning an old bottle into a lamp.
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10. Composting
Definition
Making food for plants from discarded organic things like waste food, leaves or cow dung
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11. Sowing
Definition
When we put seeds into soil to grow, either by scattering them around or planting them
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12. Cuttings
Definition
These are small parts cut from a plant that we use to make another plant
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13. Propagate
Definition
This is the term for how plants make new plants like how humans make babies
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14. Desi Seeds
Definition
These are seeds that are naturally from India and not imported
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15. Ripened
Definition
This is when a vegetable has reached it’s most yummiest stage and is best for eating
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16. Trellis
Definition
A group of objects positioned to let plants grow on them, usually made from wooden sticks or branches
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17. Indigenous
Definition
Naturally occurring in the area, and not coming from outside
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18. Nursery
Definition
This is the place where young plants are grown for sale
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19. Sapling
Definition
This is a baby tree or plant that if given enough love and attention will grow into a big tree or plant
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20. Fungicide
Definition
Something that kills bacteria, they can be natural like turmeric or created from nasty chemicals
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21. Nutrition
Definition
The range of foods that makes plants or people healthy
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22. Aerated
Definition
When we give something lots and lots of air to help it flourish.
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23. Companion
Definition
This is when two plants are grown together to help each other. Beans, for example are often grown next to carrots
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24. Aerobic Composting
Definition
We take bacteria in organic material and it grows into lovely food for plants when exposed to the air
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25. Biomass
Definition
A solid fuel that we use to create energy in the same way as coal except it’s made from plants, wood or waste
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26. Germination
Definition
When a little seed starts to sprout and become a new plant
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27. Harvest
Definition
To pick fruits or vegetables when they are yummy and ready to eat
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28. Pests
Definition
Living things that feed on and spoil vegetables or plants, usually insects or birds
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29. Biodiversity
Definition
All the amazing different living things in a specific area like plants, flowers, birds and bees.
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30. Green fingers
Definition
When someone likes planting things or is good at planting things we say they have green fingers - they are not really green !
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