How can citizens in desert climates help solve the issue of marine debris? Jehyung Han (Je) and Muhammad Saad Syed propose the idea of The Plastic Garden. This program will consist of three sessions: an educational session, a beach cleanup session, and a Plastic Garden construction session. The educational session will educate participants on the extent of the marine debris problem as a way to build students' capacity to make informed choices. The presenters will also focus on demonstrating individual actions that everyone can take (like using reusable bottles instead of plastic ones, reducing the usage of single-use plastics, recycling, etc.). Any reusable plastic collected from the beach cleanup session will then be used in the third session, where students will collaboratively grow a garden using plastic bottles as planters. Je and Saad will teach students to create individual plastic bottle plants using the Sub-Irrigated Planter method, shown in this infographic that they created. Not only would this program address the issue of marine debris, but it would also provide a way for students to grow a garden in a country where only 1.6% of the land is arable.