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Nature Conservancy

Nature Works Everywhere: Garden Tip Sheets

For Students 9th - 10th
Four tip sheets on how to grow a rain garden, a pollinator garden, a native habitat garden, and a school garden. Includes links to lots of resources.
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H2ous.org: H20 Use: Gardening Guide

For Students 9th - 10th
Find inspiration for water-conserving gardens. Take a garden tour or look at the garden gallery for more ideas. Hot links are provided to favored plants and their detailed information.
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Exploratorium

Exploratorium: Science of Gardening

For Students 9th - 10th
Explore this site to get the "dirt" on dirt. Explore a savage garden or choose from the various aspects of gardening: feed, control or bloom.
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Nature Conservancy

Nature Works Everywhere: Tips for Starting a School Garden

For Students 9th - 10th
Find a useful guide to help start a school garden. Kids will dig the class project!
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Nature Conservancy

Nature Works Everywhere: Rain Garden Resources

For Students 9th - 10th
Find some tips on how to plant a rain garden to help filter and absorb rain.
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Huntington Library

Huntington Library: Garden Lesson Plans: Elements of a Japanese Garden [Pdf]

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
A multi-faceted activity where young scholars learn about the elements of a Japanese garden, then construct a peepshow book that demonstrates their understanding of foreground, middle ground, and background to represent a Japanese...
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Texas A&M University

Aggie Horticulture: Kinder Garden: School Gardens

For Students 3rd - 5th
Get all the information needed to begin and maintain a school garden and a composting program. Features include step-by-step slide shows for creating a school garden or compost program.
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Creating a School Garden

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Use this comprehensive site to create a garden at your school. Topics include: school gardening at a glance, cost estimate worksheet, design: using student ideas, and more.
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University of Illinois

University of Illinois Extension: Schools Online: My First Garden

For Students 3rd - 8th
An interactive guide to "plan[ning], nurtur[ing], and enjoy[ing] the benefits of a beautiful flower or vegetable garden," "My First Garden" clearly relays the basic steps necessary in creating a garden and provides a detailed "Teacher's...
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University of Illinois

University of Illinois Extension: My First Garden

For Students 3rd - 5th
Learning about gardens, flowers, vegetables and the principles of horticulture can be a really fun experience. Discover about the beauty of gardens, and the care involved in planning, nurturing and enjoying the benefits of gardening in a...
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Nature Conservancy

The Nature Conservancy: Gardens Activity Guide: Soil

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this lesson learners conduct a soil analysis to understand soil types and explore the relationship between the garden and healthy, fertile soil. Soil is a natural resource that is crucial to life on Earth and when managed properly, it...
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Nature Conservancy

The Nature Conservancy: Gardens Activity Guide: Habitats

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this lesson students learn how the garden provides habitat for a variety of different animal species. They make observations and collect data to determine which species inhabit the garden. They will investigate relationships among...
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Nature Conservancy

The Nature Conservancy: Gardens Activity Guide: Water

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this guide helps students understand their garden as a model watershed through the collection and analysis of rainwater filtration data.[4.06]
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Montreal Botanical Garden

For Students 9th - 10th
This site presents information on the Montreal Botanical Garden in Quebec, Canada. The site contains general information about the Garden. Also on the site is information about various gardens and greenhouses of the Botanical Garden,...
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Your Garden: How to Make It a Safe Haven for Birds

For Students 9th - 10th
What do birds need to thrive in our gardens? Find out what our gardens provide for birds and what other resources we can provide to make the garden a pleasant place for birds to dwell.
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Careers New Zealand

Careers New Zealand: Gardener

For Students 9th - 10th
Although based out of New Zealand, this site provides quality information on the occupation of gardening. Information includes typical tasks and duties, personal requirements needed for the job, education requirements, typical working...
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Museum of Fine Arts, Houston: The Cullen Sculpture Garden

For Students 9th - 10th
Visiting information for the Cullen Sculpture Garden at the Museum of Fine Arts in Houston, Texas, with links to slideshows of current works on display and information and history on the landscape and chronology of the Garden.
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Bird Friendly Gardening

For Students 9th - 10th
Would you like to attract birds to your backyard? Look here to learn how to create an inviting garden for birds.
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Alabama Cooperative Extension System: Container Gardening

For Students 9th - 10th
Everything you would need to know about container gardening is at this site. The benefits of container gardening, how to choose a container, how to select a soil mixture, how to select plants, planting, fertilizing, watering, and other...
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Sesame Street: Teeny Tiny Garden Craft

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Grow your own garden with this lesson plan. Students will learn about plants while they create their own garden.
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Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Rooftop Gardens: Are They a Cool Idea?

For Students 3rd - 8th
Around the world, rooftops are being transformed into living green expanses. Besides beauty, rooftop gardens have a number of advantages, including growing food and taking carbon dioxide out of the air while releasing breathable oxygen....
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Nature Conservancy

Nature Works Everywhere: Pollinator Garden Tip Sheet

For Students 9th - 10th
Certain creatures help pollinate plants. This guide will help gardeners plant good pollinator plants.
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Claude Monet's Garden at Giverny

For Students 9th - 10th
Visit Claude Monet's home and view the gardens that were the inspiration for many of his paintings.
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Madison Square Garden

For Students 9th - 10th
The official site for the Madison Square Gardens, the world's most famous arena!

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