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Planning what to produceForming goalsA goal is something you aim to achieve. Before you begin to growthings you need to decide what you want to achieve from your garden.Hold a meeting with all those who use the land. If you are planning agarden at a school or community centre make sure you involve all ofthe stakeholders such as the staff and students, the SDA, themunicipality, the social worker, the groundstaff. Talk about what youvalue about your land with your family, school or community.Example of goals for a household gardenWe want to:• produce healthy nutritious food all year round to feed the family• produce enough to be able to sell a surplus• conserve and manage our soil and water resources so that wecan use the land productively for years to come• sell surplus produce and grow seedlings to generate an income.Example of goals for a school gardenWe want to:• produce healthy nutritious food all year round to feeddisadvantaged students• encourage all of the staff and students to benefit from the garden• avoid stigmatising disadvantaged students• produce an excellent example of low input gardening which wecan use to demonstrate techniques to all those from thecommunity who are interested• propagate seedlings, fruit trees, herbs and other useful plants togenerate income and help others start gardens in their homes.24