Mrs. Spitzer’s Garden
Children and flowers both flourish when they are tended by someone who treats them with loving care.
Gardening
Miss Rumphius
Alice’s grandfather made her promise to do something to make the world a more beautiful place. But young Alice isn’t sure yet what that will be.
Linnea’s Almanac
A glimpse into Linnea’s garden diary, where she keeps track of the important things happening in her life, the birds and animals that she sees, and the activities she does in her garden. This book contains recipes, crafts, garden tips, and games from a simpler time.
Little Green Fingers
A kids’ guide to growing things, with fun garden activities for kids of all ages.
Vegetable Dreams
Erin has always longed for a vegetable garden, and sets out to grow one. Along the way she learns many lessons from her new garden friends that span generations.
Water, Weed, and Wait
The students at Pepper Lane Elementary need a place to plant their seeds. Miss Marigold has the prefect suggestion, why not start a school garden? The kids get to work preparing the soil and planting their seeds. Then all they need to do is water, weed, and wait.
Making Your Own Seed Tapes
This is a great measuring activity, in addition to a gardening activity. Seed tapes make it easy to plant a row of seeds with precision spacing. Seed tapes are helpful when you have a short supply of seeds, or each is very expensive. Seed tapes provide uniform spacing and avoids the need to thin out
Planning an experimental Garden– 5th grade
Brief Description: Students create an experimental garden, altering variables and evaluating results. Objectives: Brainstorm the factors that affect plant growth Make group decisions to design an experiment Take ownership of the garden by helping to decide what is planted Students make predictions about how their experiment will impact the growth of their plant Materials: science
Experimental Planting – 5th grade
Brief Description: Students plant beans and set up an experiment to examine how light or water impacts plant growth. Objectives: Students plant a control and experimental plant from seed Students design a light or water experiment for their plants Students make predictions about how their experiment will impact the growth of their plant Materials: Seeds,
Planting Starts
Brief Description: Students discuss warm and cool season plants, as well as which plants might need a “head start” inside. Students plant seeds in six pack containers and make predictions. This lesson plan is correlated for third grade but can be modified for other grades as well. Objectives: Students work together to mathematically divide up flats Students are