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Gardening Resources
Web Sites
National Gardening Association
This website offers garden plans, lesson resources, curriculum support and grant funding for school gardens. Of special interest to K-12 teachers are sections on:
- Classroom Projects
- Thematic Explorations
- School Greenhouse Guide
- Pollinator Curriculum
- Plant Science for Teachers
School Garden Wizard
School Garden Wizard provides detailed background and guidelines for planning and implementing a school garden. The web site was created for America's K-12 school community through a partnership between the United States Botanic Garden and Chicago Botanic Garden.
Gardens for Learning – Creating and Sustaining Your School Garden
This printable guide to school gardens, from the California School Garden Network, makes an excellent resource for raising support and funds for school gardens.
My Healthy School
This web site provides guidelines for school garden construction, including tips on sunlight, soil and water requirements for a successful garden.
Monarch Sister Schools
The Monarch Sister Schools Project is an initiative to stimulate learning through hands-on schoolyard habitat projects. This program helps teachers educate their students about the plight of the monarch butterfly through teacher training workshops, technical assistance in planting butterfly gardens, and networking tools that help facilitate a relationship with a Mexican sister school.