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Smithsonian Institution
Smithsonian Gardens: Butterfly Gardening Fact Sheet [Pdf]
This fact sheet provides a comprehensive overview of butterfly gardening. Learn about the life cycle of the butterfly, what plants attract them and what we can do as a society to preserve these marvelous habitats.
PBS
Pbs: Count on It!: Blossom and Snappy Go Gardening
Blossom and Snappy decide to plant a garden. They go to Calloway Gardens to learn about different types of plants and flowers, as well as butterflies and hummingbirds.
American Geosciences Institute
American Geosciences Institute: Earth Science Week: Plant an Ozone Monitoring Garden
Students monitor local ozone by looking in their neighborhoods for ozone-injured plants or establishing similar gardens outside their schools or in their backyards.
Cornell Lab of Ornithology
Habitat Network: Pollinators at Home: Intro to Pollinator Gardening
Find out how to provide native plants that foster the activity of insects and other pollinators.
Smithsonian Institution
Smithsonian Gardens: Drought Tolerant Container and Landscape Plants [Pdf]
This chart provides a list of drought-tolerant container and landscape plants for all your gardening concerns.
Smithsonian Institution
Smithsonian Gardens: Grow Your Own Victory Garden [Pdf]
This site provides an overview of gardening throughout the year. Learn what plants thrive during each season and how to prepare, plant and care for your new plants.
Smithsonian Institution
Smithsonian Gardens: In Good Company Diversity in the Garden [Pdf]
This site provides insight into the world of insects and gardening. While some insects are considered pests, some are quite beneficial to plants. Learn which plants are known for attracting and sustaining beneficial insects.
American Institute of Biological Sciences
Action Bioscience: The Weight of a Petal: The Value of Botanical Gardens
Food, medicine, and clean air are just a few of the benefits that plants give us. Delve into an article highlighting the significance of botanical gardens and peruse the additional research and educator resources offered.
Other
Rare and Unusual Plants
This site presents information on the plants in the botanical garden of Forstlehrgarten University. If you click on the link "Plant List" a list from A-Z of all the plants in the garden will appear. A picture and a description of the...
E-learning for Kids
E Learning for Kids: Science: Hawaii: What Can We Find in a Garden?
Daisy is learning all about the animals and plants that live in her beautiful garden. Join her and learn about habitats, too.
Other
Bonn University Botanical Garden
This site provides informaiton on the Bonn University Botanical Garden in Germany.
Other
The Butchart Gardens
This site provides information on the 50 acre Butchart Gardens in Canada. Underneath the link images, you can see many colorful photographs of the garden. The site also provides a botanical calendar, telling when the different plants and...
Missouri Botanical Garden
Missouri Botanical Garden: Tundra
At this site from the Missouri Botanical Garden you will find information on the tundra. What is the tundra? Where is it located? What is the climate of the tundra? What animals live in the tundra? What plants live in the tundra? Click...
Missouri Botanical Garden
Missouri Botanical Garden: Grasslands
This site from the Missouri Botanical Gardens provides general information about different kinds of grasslands and the plants and animals of that type of region.
E-learning for Kids
E Learning for Kids: Science: Iceland: Plants: What Parts Do Plants Have?
Explore Benny's garden, and he will show how plants and trees are built. Join him to to learn about basic plant parts.
Nature Canada
Nature Canada: How to Plant a Monarch Friendly Garden
Information about how to create your own Monarch butterfly garden in your backyard is provided. There are detailed descriptions of the kinds of milkweed and other wildflower plants that a Monarch butterfly needs in order to lay its...
Missouri Botanical Garden
Missouri Botanical Garden: Temperate Deciduous Forest Topics
At this site from the Evergreen Project of the Missouri Botanical Garden, you can discover what the temperate deciduous forest is like, where it is located, and much more. There are links to other temperate forest sites also.
Missouri Botanical Garden
Missouri Botanical Garden: What's It Like Where You Live?
Learn about each biome with this site. Site will give you information about the plants, animals, and the climate found at each biome.
Other
Wise Acre Gardens
This site provides photos and information about native and alien wildflowers in St. Lawrence county -Northern New York.
Kids' Wings
Texas Bluebonnet Books: "Weslandia"
Here you will find websites on plants and ancient civilizations to enhance the book "Weslandia," by Paul Fleischman.
University of Washington
University of Washington: Medicinal Herb Garden
This site provides information on the Medicinal Herb Garden located in Seattle, Washington. It provides an index of herbs and a virtual tour of the garden.
Huntington Library
Huntington Library: Garden Lesson Plans: Reading Plants: Vocabulary [Pdf]
A one-page glossary of words that might be used by elementary students when learning about plants and their habitats.
Other
The Dillon Garden: Homepage
This site presents information on The Dillon Garden located in Dublin, Ireland. "The Garden" link explains the layout of the entire garden, and the "Photo Gallery" link gives you pictures of the garden to view.
Other
City of Orlando: Harry P. Leu Gardens
This is the official website for the Harry P. Leu Gardens in Orlando, Florida. It includes planning a visit, taking a virtual tour, and much more.