Latest Issue
May 2024
- Garden Clubs: G.W. Carver Elementary
- Ask an Expert: Debbie Roos and Pollinator Conservation
- NC Native Plant Reference Guide
- Lesson Plan – Environmental Sustainability in the Garden (4th Grade)
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March 2024
- Garden Clubs: Patriots STEM Elementary
- Don’t “Bee” Fooled by Pollinator Myths
- Pollinator Matching Activity
- Lesson Plan – Plant Parts Palooza
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January 2024
- Garden Clubs: Cabarrus Early College
- Introducing North Carolina’s Pollinators
- Integrated Lesson Plan – 2nd Grade: In the Garden with Dr. Carver
- GroMoreGood Grant Opportunity
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Past Issues
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–Garden Clubs: Hickory Ridge Middle School
–Native Plants
-Lesson Plan: Carrots, Carrots, Everywhere
-Virtual Lesson: Explore plant parts with flower dissection
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–Garden Clubs: Kannapolis YMCA
-Lesson Plan: Don’t Yuck My Yum
–Pollinator Q&A
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–Soils 101: Topping off Raised Beds
–Food as Art
–Curriculum Connection: Art in the Garden
–Nutrition from the Garden
-Recipes: Fall Harvests Salad, Kohlrabi Apple Slaw, Strawberry Quinoa Salad
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–Soils 101: Soil Additives
–Try it! Soil Texture Analysis
–School Garden Scorecard
–Social Studies in the Garden
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–Soils 101: Building Soil Through Compost
–Try it! Compost Cake
–Hydroponics: A Soil Alternative
-Grant Opportunity
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–Soils 101: Soil Microbes
–Try it! Brew Compost Tea
–Support Informational Text Lessons with Garden + Pollinators
-Grants
-Website Re-FRESH
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–Growing Your Soil
–Soils 101: Why soil, not dirt?
–Try it! Soil Your Undies
-Student-tested and Teacher-approved Garden Tools
-Curriculum Connection – Math (Calculating Soil for raised beds)
-NC Farm Bureau Ag in the Classroom Going Local Grant Opportunity
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-SEL Activity: Lessons from the Garden
-Growing School Gardens Summit
-Videos: Growing Sweet Potato Slips, Part 2 and 3
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-SEL Garden Activity: Write, Rip, Grow
-What’s New in Your Garden?
-Video: Starting Sweet Potato Slips, Part 1
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SEL Garden Activity: 5-4-3-2-1
School Garden Clubs
Grant Opportunities
STEMsational Ag: The Virtual Farm
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SEL Garden Activity: Nature Bracelets
Building Excitement for the Spring Garden
Ready-Made Virtual Lessons
Kids Garden Community
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