National Cotton Council, P. O. Box 12285, Memphis, TN 38182. Free cotton seed and how-to booklet.
America the Beautiful Fund, Operation Green Plant, National Projects Director, Department C, 219 Shoreham Building, Washington, D. C. 20005.
O'Brien, John. Schoolyard Garden Designs. Rochester, NY: Urban Rural Garden Program. Helps teachers plan, organize, construct, utilize gardens and naturalized areas on school grounds.
Ocone, Lynn, and Pranis, Eve. (1990). The National Gardening Association Guide to Kids' Gardening. New York : Wiley. An excellent resource of fun and educational gardening activities for kids.
Penn State Youth Gardening Manual. Springfield: Penn State Urban Gardening Program. Youth gardening curriculum.
Philadephia Green Gardeners Guide. Philadeliphia, PA: Philadelphia Green Education Department. Has an excellent section on youth gardening.
Shaffer, Carolyn, and Fielder, Erica. (1987). City Safaris. San Francisco : Sierra Club Books. A Sierra Club Explorer's Guide to urban adventures for grownups and kids.
Sommers, Larry. (1984). The Community Garden Book. Burlington, VT: National Gardening Association. Good how-to book on community gardening.
Waters, Marjorie. (1994). Victory Garden Kid's Book. Old Saybrook, CT: Globe Pequot Press. A fund guide to growing vegetables and fruits.
Wilkes, Angela, and Knopf, Alfred A. (1991). My First Green Book. New York : Knopf. A life-size guide to caring for our environment.
National Gardening Association
180 Flynn Avenue
Burlington, VT 05401
1-802-130-8863
http://hub.terc.edu/orgs/nga/nga-edu1.html.
School garden grants; Growing Ideas, a monthly journal of garden based learning.
National Science Foundation
Attn: Grants and Agreements
18006 G Street, NW
Washington, D.C. 20550
1-202-357-9859
http:/www.nsf.gov/
Government agency that distributes funds for science education programs. Competition is national, but many gardening programs have received funding.
American Chemical Society Community Science Grants
1155 16th Street, NW
Suite 831
Washington, DC 20036
http://www.acs.org/
Small grants ($100-$1,000) for family science projects including school gardens.
The Virtual Garden
http://pathfinder.com/vg/
Includes an interactive plant encyclopedia and houseplant directory, and a project directory with information on soils, amending soil, mulches, watering plants, planting your garden, perennials, bulbs, annuals, roses, trees, and shrubs.
The Web Garden at Ohio State University
http://hortwww-2.ag.ohio-state.edu/hvp/webgarden/webgarden.html
One of the best gardening sites on the web. It includes a database of more than 4,000 links to horticultre fact sheets from the U. S. Covers all aspects of growing plants, a plant directory, a searchabel database of over 1,400 links to images and descriptions for 285 plants including annuals, bulbs, grasses, groundcovers, perennials, shrubs, trees and vines.
Horticulture Solutions from Illinois CES
http://www.ag.uiuc.edu/~robsond/solutions/hort.html
Provides hundreds of concise solutions to common gardening problems.
Urban Programs Resource Network Horticulture Links
http://www.aces.uiuc.edu/~uplink/Netlinks/hortlinks.html
The University of Illinois Extension in Urban Illinois provides links
to other gardening sites on the Internet.
Acorn Naturalists Field Guide to Science and Environmental Education Resources
17300 East 17th Street, #J-236
Tustin, CA 92680
Phone: (714) 838-4888 Fax: (714) 838-5309
Catalog of children's educational materials, including horticulture, botany, environmental education, and more.
Applewood Seed Company
5380 Vivian Street
Arvada, CO 80002
Phone: (303) 431-6283 Fax: (303) 431-7981
Children's gardening products.
Arbour Recycled Products
800 Bank Street
Ottowa, Ontario K1S3V8
Phone: (613) 567-3168 Fax: (317) 567-3568
Vermicomposting (composting with worms) 25-minute video.
Banana Slug String Band
390 Big Creek Road
Davenport, CA 95017
Phone: (408) 429-9806
Cassette tapes and video with sing-along songs about gardening and the environment.
Botanic Garden Seed Company
225 Fifth Avenue #617
New York, NY 10010
Phone: (212) 679-6015
Seeds and line of supplies for children.
Burpee Seed Company's Grow America
W. Altee Burpee Company
300 Park Avenue
Warminster, PA 18974
Phone: (215) 674-4900 or (800) 888-1447
Fax: (215) 674-8402
Seeds and gardening supplies, seed planting campaign for children, free press kit.
Clyde Robin Seed Company
3670 Enterprise Avenue
Hawyard, CA 94545
Phone: (510) 785-0425
Wildflower seeds.
The Cook's Garden
P. O. Box 535
Londonberry, VT 05148
Phone: (802) 824-3400 Fax: (802) 824-3027
Seeds, plants, and organic gardening supplies. Emphasis on family gardening.
Garbage Bag Gardens
1711 Stockton Hill Road, No. 310
Kingman, AZ 86401
Phone: (602) 757-4762
Plastic garbage bag containers for growing plants in classrooms and outdoor areas. Low cost containers for schools with limited yard space. Posters.
Gardener's Supply
128 Intervale Road
Burlington, VT 05401-2850
Phone: (802) 863-1700
Child-sized gardening tools.
Gardens for Growing People
P. O. Box 630
Point Reyes, CA 94956
Phone: (415) 663-9433
Garden supply catalog/newsletter.
Granite Seed
1697 West 2100 North
P. O. Box 177
Lehi, UT 84042
Phone (801) 768-4422 or (801) 531-1456
Grass seeds, shrubs, reclamation plants.
Heritage Gifts, Inc.
1203 Spring Street
Latrobe, PA 15650
Phone: (412) 537-0878 or (800) 597-2275
Fax: (412) 539-2298
Garden gifts, including Bark Buddy plush tree with seed kit.
Johnny's Selected Seeds
Foss Hill Road
Albion, ME 04910
Phone: (207) 437-9294 Fax: (207) 437-2165
Vegetable, flower, and herb seeds, books and supplies. Educational group discounts.
Let's Get Growing
1900-B Commerical Way
Santa Cruz, CA 95065
Phone: (408) 464-1868 Fax: (408) 476-1427
Classroom garden kits and soil study kits, classroom microscope kit.
Northrup-King Lawn and Garden
7500 Olson Memorial Higway
Golder Valley, MN 55427
Phone: (612) 593-7265
Child-sized garden tools, garden supplies.
Shepherd's Garden Seeds
30 Irene Street
Torrington, CT 06790
Phone: (203) 482-3638
Children's line of garden seeds.
Virginia Berry Farm
P. O. Box 4
Ruther Glen, VA 22546
Phone: (804) 448-4430
Blueberry poster.
Wee Share International
P. O. Box 1028
Pagosa Springs, CO 81147
Phone: (800) 874-2733
Wee Sprouts Salad Kit.
Wisconsin Plants Program
Department of Plant Pathology
1630 Linden Drive
University of Wisconsin
Madison, WI 53706
Phone: (608) 263-5645
Newsletter.
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