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Outdoor Classroom for Young Gardeners - Leader's Guide


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Garden Journal
Outdoor Classroom for Young Gardeners
This Leader’s Guide includes 37 fun, hands-on activities that are arranged in 10 gardening days. This resource will make it much easier for educators/leaders and elementary-age children to plan, prepare, plant, maintain, and harvest a garden. Everyone gets to garden and learn about a variety of gardens, natural resources, pests, value-added agriculture, healthy habits, garden news, and garden parties.

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Garden Journal
More than 30 pages of activity sheets, journal pages, a gardening certificate, and a resource list are included in this booklet. Young gardeners complete the activities during their gardening experience. Then they take the journal home to share with their families and friends. You may copy the pages for educational purposes only. The Garden Journal is the young gardener’s piece that goes with the Outdoor Classrooms for Young Gardeners.

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Updated: January 8, 2008

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