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Smithsonian Institution
Smithsonian Gardens: In Good Company Diversity in the Garden [Pdf]
This site provides insight into the world of insects and gardening. While some insects are considered pests, some are quite beneficial to plants. Learn which plants are known for attracting and sustaining beneficial insects.
Other
Ardastra Conservation Centre: Ardastra Gardens
This site describes the Ardastra gardens and zoo in Nassau, Bahamas. If you click on the link, "The Gardens", a new page will appear telling about the exotic garden.
PBS
Nh Pbs: Wildlife Journal Jr: Making a Butterfly Garden
Learn how to build a butterfly garden and choose plants that will provide food for caterpillars and butterflies.
Other
Rare and Unusual Plants
This site presents information on the plants in the botanical garden of Forstlehrgarten University. If you click on the link "Plant List" a list from A-Z of all the plants in the garden will appear. A picture and a description of the...
Other
The Butchart Gardens
This site provides information on the 50 acre Butchart Gardens in Canada. Underneath the link images, you can see many colorful photographs of the garden. The site also provides a botanical calendar, telling when the different plants and...
Missouri Botanical Garden
Missouri Botanical Garden: Grasslands
This site from the Missouri Botanical Gardens provides general information about different kinds of grasslands and the plants and animals of that type of region.
Nature Canada
Nature Canada: How to Plant a Monarch Friendly Garden
Information about how to create your own Monarch butterfly garden in your backyard is provided. There are detailed descriptions of the kinds of milkweed and other wildflower plants that a Monarch butterfly needs in order to lay its...
Missouri Botanical Garden
Missouri Botanical Garden: Temperate Deciduous Forest Topics
At this site from the Evergreen Project of the Missouri Botanical Garden, you can discover what the temperate deciduous forest is like, where it is located, and much more. There are links to other temperate forest sites also.
Missouri Botanical Garden
Missouri Botanical Garden: Giant Kelp
Learn about forests under the Pacific Ocean! Giant kelp is a forest under the ocean that is divided into layers based on the kind of animal life found there. Kelp is useful in making adhesives, dairy products, and pharmaceutical...
Missouri Botanical Garden
Missouri Botanical Garden: What's It Like Where You Live?
Learn about each biome with this site. Site will give you information about the plants, animals, and the climate found at each biome.
Other
The Centennial Museum and Chihuahuan Desert Gardens
The Centennial Museum is an academic support and outreach unit of the University of Texas at El Paso focusing on the natural history and the indigenous, colonial, pre-urban, and folk cultures of the border regions of the southwestern...
Kids' Wings
Texas Bluebonnet Books: "Weslandia"
Here you will find websites on plants and ancient civilizations to enhance the book "Weslandia," by Paul Fleischman.
University of Washington
University of Washington: Medicinal Herb Garden
This site provides information on the Medicinal Herb Garden located in Seattle, Washington. It provides an index of herbs and a virtual tour of the garden.
Huntington Library
Huntington Library: Garden Lesson Plans: Reading Plants: Vocabulary [Pdf]
A one-page glossary of words that might be used by elementary students when learning about plants and their habitats.
Other
City of Orlando: Harry P. Leu Gardens
This is the official website for the Harry P. Leu Gardens in Orlando, Florida. It includes planning a visit, taking a virtual tour, and much more.
Texas A&M University
For Kids: Nutrition in the Garden
This resource provides all types of garden activity ideas on nutrition. It contains eight activities that students can do at home with resources that can be rounded up from a backyard garden.
Missouri Botanical Garden
Missouri Botanical Garden: Biology of Plants: Plant Parts
Learn about the basic parts of a plant and their jobs.
Missouri Botanical Garden
Missouri Botanical Garden: Animals of the Desert
Learn about different types of animals that live in the desert biome such as the cactus wren, the desert lark, the dingo, the fat sand rat, the fennec fox, the Gila monster, and so on. Animal pictures and information is taken from the...
Other
The Chester Zoo in England
Read about the activities, educational programs, types of animals & plants, and the mission behind one of England's most popular zoos.
Huntington Library
Huntington Library: Garden Lesson Plans: Rooting Into the Soil [Pdf]
An experiment to investigate the capacity of different soils to retain water, and how this impacts on the survival, evolution, and adaptations of plants. Extension activities are included.
Other
Missouri Botanical Garden: Education: Exploring the Tropics
Extensive information about tropical forests, including the plants, animals, and people found there. Also covers adaptations, biodiversity, economic benefits of tropical rain forests, and threats to their survival.
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Staten Island Children's Museum: Garden Terrace: All About Plants and Seeds [Pdf]
Use this guide and some everyday materials to learn about plants and start your own garden.
EL Education
El Education: Kid's Guide to Buffalo & Erie Co. Botanical Gardens
Elementary students at the Enterprise Charter School in Buffalo, New York, created this brochure of their local botanical gardens to be used by other students. Each student selected a specific plant to research, photograph, and write...
Other
The Butterfly Web Site
This site features both scientific and common information about butterflies, including photos, butterfly clipart, and links related resources.