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Whether you are planning a new garden or have been gardening for years, the information provided here will help you achieve success in your youth garden project.

Build a garden in a day, learn how to diagnose and solve garden problems, develop a "Dinosaur Garden" - it's all at your fingertips!

  
Two girls carry materials for composting
Whether they're planting seedlings or making compost, kids enjoy hands-on gardening.
 
Instant garden link An "instant" garden
  We get you growing from the ground up - literally!
Arizona Master Gardener Manual online link Arizona Master Gardener Manual online link
  A comprehensive guide to gardening in Arizona; read it online or download the information you need (PDF format).
Success with School Gardens book link Success With School Gardens book on-line
  All the information needed to plan, initiate and conduct a classroom garden program (PDF format).
Theme gardens link Theme gardens
  Add interest to your project - develop a theme garden!
   
 
   
 
 
 
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Page last updated on October 9, 2002.
 

 


Issued in furtherance of Cooperative Extension work, acts of May 8 and June 30, 1914, in cooperation with the U.S. Department of Agriculture, James A. Christenson, Director, Cooperative Extension, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, The University of Arizona.

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