Idaho State University
Idaho Museum of Natural History: Guide to the Plants of Idaho State Arboretum
This resource describes the different plants of the Idaho State Arboretum in Pocatello. Users are provided with a picture and a description of every plant in the arboretum. You can click on the pictures for a larger view.
Other
Ny Botanical Garden: Fungal and Plant Diversity
Findings of an expedition by the New York Botanical Garden in French Guiana to investigate vegetation.
Huntington Library
Huntington Library: Garden Lesson Plans: Why Is an Apple Like a Suitcase? [Pdf]
A mini-unit on fruits and seeds for younger students. Students will learn that fruit is like a suitcase for seeds, and that together they help plants to reproduce. Includes ELL suggestions, extension activities, and worksheets.
Missouri Botanical Garden
Missouri Botanical Garden: Biology of Plants: Pollination
Learn the parts of a flower and how a plant gets pollinated. Includes video, songs, diagrams, and lesson plans.
Unite for Literacy
Unite for Literacy: Plants and Food: Three Sisters Soup
Read about how the three sisters - beans, corn, and squash - act as companion plants to support each other's growth. Includes audio narration in English and Turkish with text in English.
Unite for Literacy
Unite for Literacy: Plants and Food: Who Loves Flowers?
A storybook about the beauty of flowers. Includes audio narration in English, Spanish, and Turkish with text in English.
Other
Kirstenbosch Botanical Garden
This 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.
Other
Wise Acre Gardens
This site provides photos and information about native and alien wildflowers in St. Lawrence county -Northern New York.
Nature Conservancy
Nature Works Everywhere: Native Habitat Garden Tip Sheet
All regions grow special plants naturally which attract specific creatures. This tip sheet will help guide planters to selecting native plants for an area.
Other
City of Austin: Watershed Protection Office: Plants
Provides guidance for what plants will survive the best in the Texas environment, and how to grow and protect them. There is information about native and adapted plants, invasive plant species, plants resistant to deer, backyard ponds,...
PBS
Pbs Nova: First Flower: China, Mother of Gardens
The tutorial explores the native Chinese flowering plant species. Some topics include rock's peony, dove tree, and fortune's rhododendron. The activity consists of a printable version and ian nteractive version.
Other
Kumamoto University: Medicinal Plant Garden
This site provides information on the Medicinal Plant Garden located in Japan. The web page presents a list of all the plants the garden contains, and their pictures.
American Institute of Biological Sciences
Action Bioscience: The Weight of a Petal: The Value of Botanical Gardens
Food, medicine, and clean air are just a few of the benefits that plants give us. Delve into an article highlighting the significance of botanical gardens and peruse the additional research and educator resources offered.
Staten Island Children's Museum
Staten Island Children's Museum: Garden Terrace
Fun family project relating to plants and seeds.
E-learning for Kids
E Learning for Kids: Science: Hawaii: What Can We Find in a Garden?
Daisy is learning all about the animals and plants that live in her beautiful garden. Join her and learn about habitats, too.
Other
The Rspb: A to Z of a Wildlife Garden
Learn the steps to making a good wildlife garden that attracts all types of wildlife.
E-learning for Kids
E Learning for Kids: Science: Iceland: Plants: What Parts Do Plants Have?
Explore Benny's garden, and he will show how plants and trees are built. Join him to to learn about basic plant parts.
Other
Brooklyn Botanical Garden
This site contains information on the Brooklyn Botanical Garden located in New York. If you click on the link "Visiting," and then on the link "Explore the Garden," you can view any area of the garden. The pictures on the tour are...
Other
Bonn University Botanical Garden
This site provides informaiton on the Bonn University Botanical Garden in Germany.
Texas A&M University
Tamu: Aggie Horticulture: School Gardens
Teachers and students interested in finding information on how to start a garden in their school will find this site very helpful. This site, sponsored by the Department of Horticulture Sciences at Texas A&M University, includes a...
Other
Botanical Garden at Gottingen
This 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.
US Environmental Protection Agency
Epa: Landscaping With Native Plants
What is a native plant? Why should I use native plants? Which plants will attract birds and butterflies? These questions are answered and a number of important facts are discussed in the highly informative site.
Missouri Botanical Garden
Missouri Botanical Garden: Biology of Plants: Plant Adaptations
Read about how plants adapt to survive in different biomes. Includes a song, game, photos, and lesson plans.
Missouri Botanical Garden
Missouri Botanical Garden: Plants of the Desert
The Evergreen Project reveals such desert plants as the dragon tree, the saguaro cactus, the prickly pear, the desert spoon, the aloe plant, and the like. Illustrated.