US Department of Agriculture
United States Department of Agriculture: Usda Plant Hardiness Zone Map
Interactive USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map shows which plants are most likely to thrive at a specified location. Searchable by zip code, state , or temperature.
University of Illinois
University of Illinois Extension: My First Garden
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...
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.
PBS
Pbs: Count on It!: Blossom and Snappy Go Gardening
Blossom and Snappy decide to plant a garden. They go to Calloway Gardens to learn about different types of plants and flowers, as well as butterflies and hummingbirds.
Other
Alabama Cooperative Extension System: Container Gardening
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...
Nature Conservancy
Nature Works Everywhere: Pollinator Garden Tip Sheet
Certain creatures help pollinate plants. This guide will help gardeners plant good pollinator plants.
Other
University of Idaho Extension: Idaho Landscapes & Gardens: Garden Basics
A gardening resource which addresses basic gardening tips, and also contains information on composting, preparing soil, irrigating, and using pesticides and fertilizers.
PBS
The War: Plant a Victory Garden
At the online companion site of the PBS documentary series "THE WAR," view a poster from WWII that calls on citizens to help lessen the demand for store-bought food by planting a garden.
Polk Brothers Foundation Center for Urban Education at DePaul University
De Paul University: Center for Urban Education: A Garden in Lawndale [Pdf]
"A Garden in Lawndale" is a one page, non-fiction, reading passage about an eighth grade class who planted a garden in a vacant lot by their school and maintained it to improve their neighborhood. It is followed by constructed-response...
Museum of Science
Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago: Activities: Grow a Garden in a Glove
Check out this step-by-step experiment and, before you know it, you'll be growing a garden in a glove.
Cornell Lab of Ornithology
Habitat Network: Container Gardens
Learn how to maximize the wildlife in a small space by planting a container garden.
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...
Texas A&M University
Easy Gardening. . . Beets [Pdf]
Let's you know all about this cool weather crop. Soil Preparation, fertilizing, planting, varieties, insect concerns, harvesting and more. Requires Adobe Reader.
Other
Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden: What Are Adaptations [Pdf]
This pdf presents a thorough examination of plant adaptations with emphasis on different types of functional and reproductive adaptations.
Annenberg Foundation
Annenberg Learner: Journey North: Tulip Test Gardens
A step-by-step guide to planting, growing and investigating with a garden full of tulips.
Other
Denver Botanic Gardens
This site presents information on the Denver Botanic Gardens in Colorado. There are five different gardens within the larger structure, they are: the plant collections, the chatfield arboretum, the japanese garden, the tropical botanica,...
Other
Wild About Gardening: Encyclopedia
Get information on 575 different plant species using the WILD About Gardening Encyclopedia. Information is provided and can be searched under the following categories: Scientific Name,Common Name, Plant Type, Native Province, Zone,...
Huntington Library
Huntington Library: Garden Lesson Plans: Learning From Leaves: Adaptation [Pdf]
A scavenger hunt where students find and study examples of leaf adaptations for different environments. This activity is designed to be used on a visit to botanical gardens or greenhouse but could be adapted and used with specimens in...
Other
Ny Botanical Garden: Fungal and Plant Diversity
Findings of an expedition by the New York Botanical Garden in French Guiana to investigate vegetation.
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: A Guide to Rain Garden Construction
Student groups create personal rain gardens planted with native species to provide a green infrastructure and low-impact development technology solution for areas with poor drainage that often flood during storm events.
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
Canada Foundation for Innovation: Lofty Gardens
Dr. Jeremy Lundholm is a Halifax researcher who explores how plant-covered roof can save energy and make cities more livable. He promotes investing in green infrastructure as a way of cooling cities.
E-learning for Kids
E Learning for Kids: Math: Elephant Plant: Line Graphs and Mean
Many plants are sold in the garden center. But how many exactly?
Huntington Library
Huntington Library: Garden Lesson Plans: Learning From Leaves [Pdf]
An investigation into how light levels affect leaf adaptations in plants.