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Links to web sites
Links to web sites
www.beydaforbooks.com This is a quality source for gardening and nutrition books for children. When you enter this site click on Nutrition Books and then Gardening Titles.
www.jmgkids.us This is the official website of the National Junior Master Gardener Program.
www.kidsgardening.com This is a great site! It’s a one stop shop for tips on gardening with kids, gardening events, garden stories, garden grants that are available, garden activities, curriculum tie-ins for teachers and more.
www.aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu This site has a few fun ideas for garden related activities for children. When you enter this site click on Kids and then Activity Ideas from Nutrition in the Garden.
www.urbanext.uiuc.edu Would you like to plant a garden at home with your kids but you have a black thumb or you don’t know how to begin? This is the perfect site for you. This site will walk you thru the basics of how to plant your first garden.
www.insectlore.com Are you looking for ladybugs, a frog hatchery kit, caterpillars, worms, ants or other creepy crawlers? Insect Lore will have it.
www.edibleschoolyard.org Several years ago, Alice Waters began a revolution when she started up the Edible Schoolyard at Martin Luther King, Jr. Middle School in Berkeley, California. Take a look at their website to find out what they are doing today in their garden, their kitchen and their classrooms. Prepare to be awed and inspired!
