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Gardening for Kid's

Below are a number of web sites for information about gardening for and with kid's:

UCSC Life Lab Science Program http://www.lifelab.org is committed to environmental stewardship by promoting science and garden-based education for all learners.
Point of Contact:
John Fisher
Garden Classroom Program Director
UCSC CASFS
1156 High Street - Santa Cruz - CA - 95064
gardencoordinator@lifelab.org

Kids gardening sponsored by National Gardening Association with a search program and good site for teachers and loaded with projects- www.kidsgardening.com

The Smithsonian Institution and U.S. Dept of Agriculture sponsor the Seeds of Change Garden at www.mnh.si.edu/archives/garden/. It offers great gardening projects, especially during the off season.

aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu/kindergarden/kinder.htm features project ideas, a listing of gardening books and ideas for starting a school gardening program.

The Bug Club at www.ex.ac.uk/bugclub is for those young entomologists.

My first garden at www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/firstgarden/index.html is sponsored by the University of Illinois

www.verybestkids.com is managed by the Nestle Corp. Click on Arts and Crafts and find easy to follow directions for using recycled products to make a flower vase, bird feeder and more.