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\nEnvironmental Education for Kids\n
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\nEek!: Nature's Recyclers Coloring Book\n

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\nDid you know that nature has its own clean-up crew and recycling staff? Yeah, there aremany plants and animals that help recycle natural materials in our environment. They take deadmaterials and turn them back into rich soil. Use this...\n
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\nScience Friday: Green Your Lawn\n

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\nAn interview with Pail Tuckey, author of The Organic Lawn Care Manual. The discussion focuses on how to have a lawn that is environmentally sensitive, without the use of pesticides and other chemicals. Aired Oct. 2, 2009 [23:01]\n
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\nMinerals Education Coalition: Vermiculite\n

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\nBasic information about the mineral vermiculite. Find out where vermiculite got its name, where it comes from, and what are vermiculite's uses.\n
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\nMangolia Plantation and Its Gardens\n

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\nThis site contains information on the Mangolia Plantation and It's Gardens located in Charleston, South Carolina. You can click on the link \"The Gardens\", and a new page will come up with pictures of the garden and with a description of...\n
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\nNational Gardening Association: Kids Gardening\n

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\nThis complete resource for parents, teachers, and students on gardening provides information about creating and maintaining a school garden. List your garden in the registry of school gardens. Includes information about garden projects...\n
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\nThe Nature Conservancy: Building a Garden in a Day\n

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\nBelieve it - you can build a garden in a single day. This video explains how the creation of a garden doesn't have to be overwhelming. By following these guidelines, you will build a productive and healthy garden from the ground-up in...\n
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\nNasa: Climate Kids: Make Exploding Seed Balls!\n

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\nTry this fun recipe for making and growing wildflowers right in your own garden.\n
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\nMinerals Education Coalition: Perlite\n

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\nBasic information about the volcanic glass perlite. Find out where perlite got its name, where it comes from, and the many uses of perlite.\n
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\nHabitat Network: Adding a Rain Barrel to Your Property\n

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\nLearn about rain barrel basics, and find inspiration in other people's incorporation of this tool into a site.\n
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\nThe Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University\n

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\nThis site contains general information about The Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University in Boston, Massachusetts. The site also gives a selection of links that tell more about the garden.\n
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\nHabitat Network: The Seven Principles of Xeriscape\n

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\nFind out how landscapers are using a gardening technique that uses little water.\n
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\nHabitat Network: Rain Gardens\n

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\nGet some tips and strategies to create a sustainable rain garden.\n
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\nThe Vermiculite Assoc: About Vermiculite\n

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\nVermiculite is a mineral that can be used in construction, agriculture, and industries. When heated, vermiculite can expand up to 30 times its size! Click on the links to find out about vermiculite's properties, its many uses, and health...\n
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\nUniversity of Idaho Extension: Idaho Landscapes & Gardens: Garden Basics\n

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\nA gardening resource which addresses basic gardening tips, and also contains information on composting, preparing soil, irrigating, and using pesticides and fertilizers.\n
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\nBotanical Garden at Gottingen\n

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\nThis site provides information on the Botanical Garden at Gottingen University located in Germany. If you click on the sub-heading \"Subjects and History\",an English text will come up presenting further details on the garden.\n
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\nThe United States National Arboretum: Basic Plant Requirements\n

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\nSite provides a brief description of some of the environmental parameters that influence plant growth.\n
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\nSmithsonian Institution Archives: Wynne Sharples Ballinger (1923 2008)\n

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\nAs a pediatrician and mother, Wynne Sharples (Ballinger) (1923-2008) became known for her advocacy work on cystic fibrosis. In 1945, she was working in the biological laboratories at Radcliffe College and then trained at Columbia...\n
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\nSmithsonian Institution Archives: Margaret Mann Lesley (1891 1988)\n

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\nGeneticist and cytologist Margaret Mann Lesley (1891-1988) earned a Ph.D. from University of California in 1921 and worked primarily at the Department of Horticulture, University of California Citrus Experiment Station, Riverside,...\n
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\nWikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Massachusetts: Mount Auburn Cemetery\n

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\nIn an effort spearheaded by Dr. Jacob Bigelow, Mount Auburn Cemetery was laid out by Henry A. S. Dearborn in 1831 as \"America's first garden cemetery\". In addition to being the burial place of many famous Bostonians, it is known for its...\n
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\nScience Friday: Luther Burbank and the 'Garden of Invention'\n

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\nIra talks with Jane Smith, author of a new biography of plant cultivation pioneer Luther Burbank.\n
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\nScience Friday: Raising a Stink Over a Flower in Bloom\n

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\nBotanists expect a very rare, very large, and very stinky flower to bloom this week in California.\n
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\nScience Friday: Time to Stop Picking on Weeds and Non Natives?\n

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\nMany weeds and non-native species are actually beneficial to humans--and the environment.\n
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\nKirstenbosch Botanical Garden\n

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\nThis site provides information on the Kirstenbosch Botanical Garden. If you click on the link \"virtual tour\", a new page will appear with a map of the garden, and details about the contents in the garden.\n
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\nThe Reeves Reed Arboretum\n

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\nThis site contains information on the Reeves-Reed Arboretum located in Summit, New Jersey. The web page gives a detailed history of the garden as well as a brief summary of what plants the arboretum contains.\n
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