MyGarden:

Gardens and Nutrition Education in your School

Connecting to the 4-H Children’s Garden

“The 4-H Children’s Garden is a magical place of learning.”

Kitchen Garden

ChivesOreganoBasilTomatoDillThymeNasturtiumBegonia

My Favorite Foods Garden

StrawberriesMaple treePotatoesTomatoes Peanuts Chocolate mintSpaghetti squashChivesAguga ‘Chocolate Chip’

Cereal Bowl Garden

Corn for CornflakesWheat for WheatiesRye for breadOats for OatmealBuckwheat for pancakesSugar Beets for sugar

Peter Rabbit Herb Garden

Beet ‘MacGregor's Favorite’Radish ‘French Breakfast’Rhubarb ‘Valentine’MintLemon BalmTansyLavenderChamomile

Pizza Garden

Wheat TomatoBasilOreganoPeppersOnionsMarigold, “The Cheese”

Technical Help

Garden IdeasConnections

Michigan 4-H Children’s GardensScientists

Virtual Gardens

MyGarden:

New, Innovative, Cool Approaches and Stuff

Collaborating Classrooms

Staying connected all year longConnections to “Dr. Norm” and othersE-NewsSee what is happening in the 4-H Children’s GardensStudents report on what they are doingCollaborating Classrooms

Wonder Wall

Communication toolConnect to experts (Dr. Norm)Post questions, comments, drawings and photosModeratedExpert answers kids questions

Wonder Wall

On-line Wonder Wall

Cool Kid Plants

Plant evaluation programKids do the evaluationIn-garden and on-line

Cool Kid Plants

Cool Kid Plants

Sensitive plantCherry tomato ‘Matt’s Wild Cherry’Basil ‘Magical Michael’Broom cornChocolate MintPumpkin ‘Cinderella’Pretzel BeanPurple Haze CarrotPansyLemon Verbena

Pretzel Bean

‘Purple Haze’ Carrot

Jr. Plant Scientist

On-line program10 DiscoveriesIn-garden componentAt-home componentOn-line component

Jr. Plant Scientist

Virtual Gardening

Idea Seekers Gardens

Virtual Gardening in a virtual kids worldGardening plus nutritionBeing a good gardener (citizen)From the virtual to the real world

Idea Seeker Gardening

Idea Seekers Garden

Making good food...

Virtual Gardening

How to integrate into the classroomLearning Labs Root ‘n RewardContent-based quizzesFund raising possibilities

Tonight’s assignment - “play” in your virtual garden

Experience Plants

Virtual gardensReal gardensOngoing connections

Contact Information

Norm LowndsAssociate ProfessorCurator, 4-H Children’s

Gardens

Email: lownds@msu.eduPhone: 517-355-5191 x. 1-

349

Experience Plants

Take a piece of our garden with youBag O’Salad Experiment

Growing a salad in a bagObserving, measuring growthHarvestingCelebratingSharing your success with us