Weeding and Writing
Avid gardeners have always known that growing a garden is not only fun for children, but also teaches them skills such as patience, caring for something other than themselves, and the value of regular work, among other things.
Growing More Than Plants
Growing plants is more than placing a seed or cutting in soil and seeing the results, it is actually about chemistry, economics, art, mathematics, sociology and a host of other subjects.
Growing Children and Plants
If ever there were the perfect growing medium to nourish and nurture students' minds and imaginations, the GrowLab program is the tool. The essence of the GrowLab program is actual hands-on growing in a controlled environment.
GrowLabs®: Learning by Doing
What better way to help children learn about gardening than to encourage them to grow plants themselves? That is the idea behind the GrowLab program for school children sponsored by the National Garden Bureau (NGB) in a joint venture with the National Gardening Association and the National Science Foundation.
Lessons Learned with GrowLab®
It is not absolutely clear who is more enthusiastic about the GrowLab in Mr. Flint's classroom--the class or Mr. Flint.
GrowLab® Gardening in the Inner City
In the essay that she wrote to accompany her application for the National Garden Bureau's Youth Garden Grant, teacher Linda Semenek put it very succinctly: "With this grant my students can have the experience of a lifetime."
Butterfly Gardening for Kids
Winged jewels of the air ... flutterbys ... no matter what you call butterflies, they entrance everyone. Planting a garden to attract them is one of the best ways to get children of all ages interested in gardening and nature, while introducing them to a bit of science at the same time.
Green Spaces or Parking Lots
"They paved paradise and put up a parking lot." Today green space continues to disappearturned into another mall, fast-food restaurant or subdivision. To counter this assault on the environment, it is important that an appreciation of the outdoors is nurtured in adults and children.
