The Growing Gardener - A Lesson in Learning
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Issue #2
Copyright 2000
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Here Is Our Resource Selection for this Issue:
http://www.herald.com:80/content/thu/news/dade/ncent/digdocs/035723.htm
*** Article About Montessori School
Butterfly garden teaches respect for nature
http://www.surfnetkids.com/butterfly.htm
*** Surf the Web - Monarch Butterflies
Fabulous Collection of Butterfly sites on the web
http://www.butterflyfarm.co.cr/
*** Welcome to the Butterfly Farm
Great articles including the following:
Butterfly of the Month
Students' Guide to Butterflies
Common Questions and Answers
Butterfly Photo Gallery
Glossary of Terms
Other Butterfly Sites
http://butterflywebsite.com/gallery/index.cfm
*** Butterfly Website Picture Gallery - includes:
Mailing List for Raising Butterflies!
Gardening
Articles and Info
Photo Gallery
Chat Room
Public Gardens
Conservation Alert
Societies
Nature Field Trips
Nature Field Stories
http://rp.collegestation.isd.tenet.edu/butterflygarden1.htm
*** Rock Prairie Butterfly Garden
Step by step instructions of how this school set up their butterfly
garden
http://www.glynn.k12.ga.us/GLY/Garden/butterfly.garden.html
*** Butterfly Garden
This school was the winner of the National Gardening Association
Grant
http://www.mesc.usgs.gov/butterfly/butterfly.html
*** Children's Butterfly Site
This site has a special translations page into French, German, etc.
plus a Children's Butterfly Site Photo Gallery of Asia, North America,
and
Central America
Plus A Coloring Page that shows the life cycle of the Monarch Butterfly
Question and Answer Section About the Cycles of the Butterfly and Moth
http://www0.delphi.com/garden/pests/beneficial/butterflys.html
*** Butterfly Gardens
Our family learned a lot from this article by Stephanie Bailey of
the University of Kentucky.
For those serious about starting a garden, good advice and practical
tips are provided on this web page.
http://mcnet.marietta.edu/~biol/butter/butter.html
*** Butterfly Species
Butterflies of Washington County
Nice photos and explanations of the following:
The Monarch, The American Painted Lady,
The Baltimore, The Buckeye, The Eastern Comma,
The Great Spangled Fritillary, The Mourning Cloak,
The Question Mark, The Red Admiral, The Red Spotted Purple,
The Viceroy, The Black Swallowtail, The Giant Swallowtail,
The Zebra Swallowtail, The Alfalfa Buttery, The Eastern
Tailed Blue, and The Southern Wood Nymph
The authors have indicated that the photos and information
can be used for educational purposes. Please see their
caveat at the bottom of the web page before using the
pictures and such.
http://copland.udel.edu/~lynneb/butterfly/
*** Butterfly Gardens
Lynne Bloom, second grade teacher at Thurgood Marshall
Elementary School created a site with the following
useful information about the following topics:
Raised Bed Gardens
Walk-Way Gardens
Spot Gardens
Life Cycle Gardens
Butterfly Pictures
Marshall Raised Bed Gardens
http://www.garden.org/
*** National Gardening Association
Free e-mail gardening newsletter
messageboard
Specific Gardening for Your Region
http://www.kidsgardening.com/
*** Kids Gardening
Includes:
Parents Primer
All About Plants
Online Courses
E-mail Pals!
Discussion Forums
A Garden in Every School
http://www.garden.org/edu/nga-edu6.asp
*** Youth Gardening Grants
The National Gardening Association awards 400
Youth Garden Grants to various schools, community
centers and so forth. The deadline is November 1, 2000.
http://entweb.clemson.edu/buttrfly/
*** South Carolina Butterfly Program
Interesting articles about this state's butterfly programs
Books We Recommend
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Butterfly Book : A Kid's Guide to Attracting, Raising, and Keeping
Butterflies
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and
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Butterfly Book :?An Easy Guide to Butterfly Gardening, Identification,
and
Behavior: An Easy Guide to Butterfly Gardening, Identification, and
Behavior</A><P>
***For additional gardening links and free information please visit our
website.
Look for photos of our butterfly garden and gardeners to be uploaded
very
soon > -
hopefully, before the beginning of July.
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