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	The Green Acres Elementary School: Living Schoolyard URL: http://www.greenacres.santacruz.k12.ca.us/garden/ ODP description: A project to sustain an organic garden and landscape as an integral part of the Santa Cruz schoolâ€™s curriculum and the surrounding community. Goals, history, curriculum, and information about the nature area. Page title: "The Living Schoolyard" - Green Acres Garden
	NPR : Saving Kids from 'Nature Deficit Disorder' URL: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4665933 ODP description: Author Richard Louv talks about his new book, "Last Child in the Woods: Saving Our Children from Nature Deficit Disorder." Louv argues that kids are so plugged into television and video games that they've lost their connection to the natural world. [4:55 streaming audio broadcast]
	School Garden Wizard URL: http://www.schoolgardenwizard.org/ ODP description: Lesson plans and activities for planning and growing a garden. Created for America's K-12 school community by the United States Botanic Garden and Chicago Botanic Garden. Page description: School Garden Wizard has been created for Americas K12 school community through a partnership between the United States Botanic Garden and Chicago Botanic Garden.
	The Edible Schoolyard URL: http://www.edibleschoolyard.org/ ODP description: A non-profit program located on over one acre of land on the campus of Martin Luther King Junior Middle School in Berkeley, California. The focus is on organic gardening, cooking, and coursework related to both.
	Great Plant Escape URL: http://www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/gpe/tg/c1-before.html ODP description: An elementary plant science program for 4th and 5th grade students. Helps increase understanding of how food grows. Page title: Case 1 - Before You Begin Page description: The Great Plant Escape is an elemertary plant science program for 4th and 5th grade students. Each of the lessons in this program is interdisciplinary, designed to introduce students to plant science and increase their understanding of how food grows.
	Biblical Gardens URL: http://www.sover.net/~hkfamily/Pages/ChildrenAndGardens.html ODP description: Children's biblical gardens in Fair Haven, Vermont. Page title: Children and Gardens - Ideas
	Kid's Garden URL: http://www.suite101.com/welcome.cfm/kids_gardening ODP description: Information, articles, links, ideas for kids and gardening. From Suite101.com Page title: Gardening with Children Page description: Gardening for children and for adults who want to help children to learn to garden.
	Kids Gardening URL: http://www.kidsgardening.com/ ODP description: Connects children and their families with other schools with similar gardening interests. Also has resources for school projects. Page title: Welcome to KidsGardening! Garden Resources, Gardening for Families, Teacher's Garden and Shopping for Gardening Page description: Kids gardening explores gardening resources for family, teachers and beginner or experienced gardeners.
	Aggie Horticulture Just For Kids URL: http://aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu/kindergarden/ ODP description: Kid-friendly tips about plants and gardens, nutrition of garden products, composting, sociohorticulture (humans interacting with plants/gardens), and the outdoors in general. Page title: Aggie Horticulture Just for Kids
	Cool Kids Grow URL: http://www.coolkidsgrow.com ODP description: New Zealand-based site with information about gardening for kids, as well as a kids gardening club areas with competitions, games, and activity sheets. Page title: Cool Kids Grow- Page description: Cool Kids Grow encourages, supports and inspires childrens gardening activities at school in the community and at home.
	Seeds of Change Garden: Activities in Four Seasons URL: http://www.mnh.si.edu/archives/garden/seasons/ ODP description: Smithsonian Institute project for creating old and new world gardens and exchange gardens. Tips on preparing the garden, planting vegetables, and tending the garden. Page title: Seeds of Change Garden
	Kid's Valley Webgarden URL: http://www.copper-tree.ca/garden/index.html ODP description: Lots of tips and ideas for kids interested in gardening. Learn all about planning a garden, planting, plant care, and harvesting. Page title: KidsÃ¢â¬â¢ Valley Garden - A Gardening Resource for Kids Page description: A Gardening Resource for Kids
	Gardening With Kids URL: http://www.gardening-with-kids.com/ ODP description: Includes advice and general information on gardening with kids. Page title: Gardening with Kids Page description: Gardening with kids can be fun. Children can learn about life while in the garden.
	Dirty Dozen Garden Club URL: http://www.geocities.com/yosemite/geyser/3546/kids.html ODP description: Supplies tips to get kids interested in gardening. Has environmental alerts and possible actions to take. Page title: Dirty Dozen Garden Club - Kid's Gardening
	Gardening for Kids URL: http://www.geocities.com/EnchantedForest/Glade/3313/ ODP description: Provides information about kid-friendly plants and bulbs, gardening basics, and gardening links. Page title: Gardening for Kids! Page description: Children's gardening site, easy plants to grow, information on plants, kid art, kid critic, links to gardening sites
	John Deere Kids URL: http://www.deere.com/en_US/compinfo/kidscorner/ ODP description: Printable coloring books. Link to tractor toys including John Deere collectibles. Page title: moock flash player inspector :: v1.3.5 Page description: John Deere kids
	Michigan 4-H Children's Garden URL: http://4hgarden.msu.edu/ ODP description: Over 1/2 acre in size, with over 60 individual theme areas, the garden emphasizes the important part plants play in children's daily lives, from the first cereal bowl in the morning to the last popcorn snack at night. Site Features a calendar of garden events, a virtual tour, and a collection of video clips. Page title: Michigan 4-H Children's Garden at MSU (Loading...) Page description: In a children's garden, imagination grows! The Children's Garden, located on the campus of Michigan State University, is a special place where plants, children, and imaginations grow.
	Roots and Shoots School Garden URL: http://www.rootsnshoots.info/ ODP description: Presents the history of two school gardens in Virginia and California, an overview of theme gardens, and a form to request a handbook and slide show with information on starting a new garden of its kind. Page title: Roots and Shoots Intergenerational School Garden
	ChildFun's URL: http://www.childfun.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=171 ODP description: Crafts and activities to help teach children about gardening Page title: The ChildFun Family Website - Garden Activities Page description: Who says parenting cant be fun
	Junior Master Gardener Program URL: http://jmgkids.us/ ODP description: National program for youth of all ages that uses fun activities to teach horticulture and environmental science concepts. Page title: JMGkids Online \|\| Junior Master Gardener