School Gardens Resources-For teachers

Are you a teacher that is interested in a school garden but don’t have the space? Click on these links for alternate ideas

http://www.earthbox.com/

http://www.kidsgardening.com/growingideas/projects/feb03/pg1.html 

Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds

Heirloom vegetables

http://www.rareseeds.com/

Garden Web Vegetable Forum (Free Membership)

http://forums2.gardenweb.com/forums/cornucop/ 

Kidsgardening.com (Resources and Grants)

http://kidsgardening.com/resources/resource.asp 

School garden ideas and how to start one

http://aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu/kindergarden/Child/school/sgintro.htm

http://www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/firstgarden/index.html

School Garden Network (Resources and Grants)

http://www.csgn.org/ 

School Garden Potpourri of Ideas

http://aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu/kindergarden/Child/School/ideas.htm 

SchoolGardenWizard.org

Designed to support new and existing school garden efforts

egarden.org/wizard/ 

Southern California Vegetable Planting Schedule

http://www.digitalseed.com/gardener/schedule/vegetable.html 

Teachers-math activities to use in the garden

http://www.mcs.surrey.ac.uk/Personal/R.Knott/Fibonacci/fibnat.html#plants 

Territorial Seed Company

Seed catalog with planting instructions

http://www.territorial-seed.com/stores/1/index.cfm 

University of California Cooperative Extension

San Diego County - School Gardens

http://cesandiego.ucdavis.edu/School%5FGardens/ 

University of California Cooperative Extension

Vegetable Research and Information Center

http://vric.ucdavis.edu/selectnewtopic.garden.htm

Backyard Garden Resources- For parents, teachers, & gardening enthusiasts

Activities for parents to teach their kids about plants

http://aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu/kindergarden/Fun/project.htm

Creating Butterfly and Bird Gardens

http://www.butterflyhouse.org/butterflies/butterflygardening.aspx

http://birding.about.com/library/weekly/aa022198.htm?once=true& 

Everything you need to know about backyard gardening

http://www.backyardgardener.com/ 

Gardening Questions

Ask a volunteer master gardener

mglosangeleshelpline@ucdavis.edu 

Garden resources for parents and teachers

http://kidsgardening.org/ 

Ideas and Instructions on how to help your child create a garden

http://www.emilycompost.com/kid_main_page.htm

http://www.seedsofknowledge.com/kidsgardening.html 

Information about starting different types of kid friendly gardens

Activities-coloring pages, clipart, and crafts with a gardening theme

http://www.lucygardens.com/index.html 

Information for parents to start a kid friendly backyard garden

http://www.thegardenhelper.com/kidgarden.html