Maricopa County Cooperative Extension Home Horticulture:
Environmentally Responsible
Gardening & Landscaping in the Low Desert
References for
School & Youth Garden Projects
in the Low Desert
Bremner, E. and Pusey, J. (1999) Children's Gardens; A Field Guide For Teachers, Parents and Volunteers, 3rd Edition. Oakland:University of California Cooperative Extension, Common Ground Garden Program
- Part One, "the Process", takes you through the basic concepts and techniques that are important to successful gardening. It is arranged in a sequence of steps from the moment you decide to have a garden through harvest. Part two, "the Activities" is a series of exercises that encourage creativity and experiments that develop skills in scientific observation. The Guide to Resources lists seed companies and sources of technical assistance. HUGE new annotated bibliography, website, and resource listing. The Bibliography reviews 18 publications on school gardens. Library of Congress Catalog Number: 82-60296. For more information contact: (323) 838-4540
- Lesson plans can be selected according to grade clusters K-3, 4-6, 7-8, 9-12, and include information sheets, activity
sheets, pictures and illustrations, games, puzzles, songs & stories. Each section includes over 50 pages of colorful, well-written, informative, and FUN things for children to do while learning about these important pollinators.
- How to: Involve administrators, parents and volunteers; Obtain funding and donated supplies; Use free publicity to increase community support; Improve your soil and choose the best vegetables, flowers and herbs to plant each season; Grow healthy, vigorous plants; water effectively for arid climates. ISBN 0-9651987-0-7
- A Common Roots Guidebook exploring the mysteries of the mighty earthworm through stories and activities for the curious child. ISBN 1-884430-00-7
- A teacher source book for hands-on science and nutrition education in grades two through six, this manual is a collection on indoor and outdoor experiential activities taught within the context of a garden laboratory. Developed by the Life Lab Science Program, Inc., it gives strategies for organizing and managing garden-based science instruction-from planning the garden laboratory, to implementing the curriculum, to involving administrators, parents, and the community. ISBN 0-201- 21539-X
- Sections on organizing, planing, designing and building a garden; Seasonal activities; Evaluating the program, Ecological Education, and Sustainable cultures.
- Designed to interest high school students in advanced horticultural training. Included in the kit are a videotape on career opportunities, brochures for students, and a list of US and Canadian schools with 4-year and graduate horticultural programs. kit available for $24.95 from, Route 2, Box 1584, Turner, ME 04282
- This 128-page teachers' guide offers comprehensive information on successfully gardening indoors with students. It includes information on setting up an indoor garden, locating supplies, planting, and providing good conditions for growing vegetables, flowers, and herbs indoors. It also features some horticultural project ideas and plans for a build-it-yourself wooden GrowLab Indoor Garden. ISBN 0-915873-31-1
- Growing Ideas newsletter is sent three times each year to educators interested in using plants to help young minds grow. This 12-page newsletter features thematic, investigative project ideas -- from worms to wildflowers, activity highlights from participating classrooms nationwide, free resource and funding information, and articles on effective inquiry-oriented instructional strategies. 180 Flynn Ave, Burlington, VT 05401, 1-800-538-7476, email: eddept@garden.org
- A complete guide for teachers, parents and youth leaders with chapters on "The six basic challenges: leadership, land, money, & vandalism, continuity, motivation; Planning for success; Developing your site; Designing the gardens; the Fun of Gardening; Basics of indoor gardening and container gardening; a World of youth gardens; and Resources. ISBN 0-471-52092-6
- Seventy two projects which range in complexity from those suitable for very young children to those 12 year olds can tackle. ISBN 0-88266-470-0
- A whole series of activities and educational units on entomology
To Home Horticulture in Maricopa County, AZ
References for School & Youth Garden Projects in the Low Desert
Author: Lucy Bradley, Extension Agent Urban Horticulture
© 1999 The University of Arizona, College of Agriculture, Cooperative Extension, in Maricopa County. Comments to Lucy Bradley, BradleyL@ag.arizona.edu 4341 E. Broadway Road, Phoenix, AZ 85040, Voice: (602) 470-8086 ext. 323, Fax (602) 470-8092
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