Garden Tool Company will give three lucky schools a gift certificate for $500 dollars, so they can pick the tools that will help their school garden program the most. How to Enter Are you with a school or do you know of a school that has a garden program and could benefit from some garden […]
Pop quiz: When we’re eating celery what part of the plant are we consuming? A celery stalk, the part of the celery plant we eat, is a special part of the leaf structure called a petiole. A petiole is a small stalk that attaches the leaf blade of a plant to the stem. Can you […]
We make a big deal about where our food originates from, but what about our clothing? Sure much of it is man-made chemistry, but natural plant fibers also contribute greatly to our daily wardrobes. Think of t-shirts, sweaters, and skirts made of cotton and shirts, pants and jackets made from linen. All originated as plants. […]
By James Gardeneer, Principal, Austin Road Elementary School, Mahopac, NY I think we can all agree it has been an unusual winter. It’s now the end of the first week in February and we still have no snow on the ground. The temperatures are frequently hitting the low 50’s, and there are reports of birds […]
Integrated Pest Management (IPM) is the term we use to describe the methods involved in controlling animals and insects in the garden. Before listing them it is important to point out the following: 1) Not all insects in the garden are harmful. Familiarize yourself with who the good bugs aka beneficials are and those that […]
Our story begins with David Gido, Headmaster of the Making a Difference Foundation Tanzania (MDFT) Garden School, a small primary school in Arusha, Tanzania, the gateway to the best Safaris in Africa. As a teacher, David wanted to do something about the growing number of HIV/AIDS orphans that were not attending primary school. He started […]
The following is a guest post from OneSeedChicago.com. If you are a Chicago gardener please vote, everyone else, take notes, perhaps you’ll be inspired to start a similar program in your city. NeighborSpace’s One Seed Chicago project lets Chicago gardeners vote on their favorite seed then distributes the winning seed for free to encourage urban […]