• You can have a "trading day" where the students can trade the plant trading cards they have created.

• Sell your seed packets at a "Farmer's Market", "Plant Sale", "Garden Sale" or other. Open House night is a good time for this.

• Go on a cyber field trip to a famous garden, children's garden or a school garden.

Garden sites

Kids Gardening http://www.kidsgardening.com/

Gardening For Kids http://www.geocities.com/EnchantedForest/Glade/3313/

Kids Gardening Resources http://aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu/county/smith/kids.html

KinderGarden http://aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu/kindergarden/kinder.htm

Kid’s Valley Webgarden http://www.arnprior.com/kidsgarden/

Gardening for Kids…Garden Link Database http://gardeninglaunchpad.com/kids.html

http://www.mastergardenproducts.com/kidsgarden/
 

Plant Doctor  http://www.plantdoctor.org/index.html

Growing a pineapple at home http://www.lofthouse.com/hobby/garden/pineapple.html

Van Dyck’s Gardening with kids http://www.vandycks.com/kids/04-2001/index.htm

Van Dick’s Planting Information http://www.vandycks.com/planting_info.htm
 

Cyber Field Trips:

Lotusland  http://www.lotusland.org/

Huntington Library and Botanical Gardens http://www.huntington.org/

Monet’s Gardens at Giverny http://www.giverny.org/gardens/fcm/visitgb.htm
 

Sites for researching plants:

Links to Plant Information http://www.geocities.com/graciesgifts/plant.htm

Botany Encyclopedia  http://www.botany.com/

Etera’s plant Search http://www.etera.com/school/plants/default.asp?sp=186&Srx=1

Plant Encyclopedia  http://www.wildaboutgardening.org/en/growing/section4/

Plant Encyclopedia http://www.expertree.net/plantorder.html

Common Name Index  http://www.botanical.com/botanical/mgmh/comindx.html

Plant Search http://www.planetplants.co.uk/Products.htm
 Go to:   http://www.planetplants.co.uk/Products.htm#Online Plant Encyclopedia

Kid Info – Plants  http://www.kidinfo.com/Science/plants.html

Plant Tips and Facts  http://www.edelsoft.net/garden/plants.htm

Digital Librarian http://www.digital-librarian.com/gardening.html

NeoFlora Plant Database http://www.neoflora.com/
 

Sites for seed companies:

Seeds of Change  http://store.yahoo.com/seedsofchange/

http://www.johnnyseeds.com/catalog/index.html

Burpee   http://www.burpee.com/

http://www.superseeds.com/

Seeds Unique  http://www.seedsonline.com/

Seeds of Change Garden…Great resource for teachers… http://www.mnh.si.edu/garden/

Native seeds http://www.nativeseeds.org/

Territorial Seed Company http://www.territorial-seed.com/home.html

Heirloom Seeds http://www.heirloomseeds.com/

Larner Seeds-Seeds of California Native Plants http://www.larnerseeds.com/

West Coast Seeds https://secure.westcoastseeds.com/index3.cfm

This is a wonderful set of garden links put together by a Righetti High School Student http://smjuhd.sbceo.k12.ca.us/erhs/science/resources/jennpage.html

Compendium of garden and insect resources. John's Rainbow Garden http://geocities.com/WestHollywood/2445/index.html