(Note:
Some of these resources are also listed in the Teaching Unit)
Container Gardening with Your Classroom -- This archived Classroom Project gives the nitty-gritty how-to of container gardening, and helps you tie it to your curriculum.
Clean Air Houseplants -- Learn which plants are the best for cleaning indoor air.
Container Gardening Tips and Information -- The National Garden Month Web site offers scads of ideas and guidance on container gardening.
Free Container Gardening Tips Booklet -- Get one for your classroom!
Dole Activity Poster -- NGA worked with DOLE Fruit Bowls and Weekly Reader to develop the "Grow and Give a Garden" poster. Sign up for a free copy for your classroom.
Container Garden "Recipes" -- National Garden Month sponsor Proven Winners offers colorful ideas for blooming containers.
101 Ways to Celebrate -- Learn about other ways to observe National Garden Month at school, at home, and in your community.
Container
Gardening Goods
Earthbox™ Self-watering Planter
This
self-watering container makes it easy to grow thriving flowers, fresh
herbs, or
juicy red tomatoes and is ideal for controlled experiments.
The reservoir holds a weekend's worth
of water; special channels in the base that wick moisture upward
as your plants need it, eliminating over- and underwatering. Supporters save
10%.
Organic
Container Soil Booster
Add this natural booster to your
soil mix to create a super potting blend. It provides essential minerals
and organic matter
that improves soil texture and assures plenty of slow-release nutrients
for plants. Container Soil Booster also revitalizes last year’s soil
in existing containers. Supporters save
10%.
Bountiful
Container: A Container Garden of Vegetables,
Herbs, Fruits, and Edible Flowers by Rose Marie Nichols McGee and Maggie
Stuckey. Great for beginners, this book helps you plant and nurture container-grown
edibles. Recipes and project ideas are scattered throughout. 400 pgs.
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Give
a Garden, Add Beauty to Life
Contents
Teaching
Unit:
Give a Garden -- Follow
the Four P's!
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