Thursday, April 17, 2008
April is National Garden Month...
It may be hard to believe since the snow is just now leaing in parts of Minnesota, but April is National Garden Month. Every April communities, organizations, and individuals nationwide celebrate gardening during National Garden Month. Gardeners know, and research confirms, that nurturing plants is good for us: attitudes toward health and nutrition improve, kids perform better at school, and community spirit grows. Join the celebration and help to make America a greener, healthier, more livable place!
There is some great gardening information at the National Gardening Association website, including 101 ways to celebrate National Garden Month.
You still have a chance to win the When You Garden, You GROW Giveaway...
Enter to win one of three prize packages chock full of gardening goodies — each package has a retail value of $1,000 and includes an assortment of tools from Ames True Temper, product from The Scotts Miracle-Gro Company, and a gift certificate to NGA's Garden Shop. Check off what type of gardening you do: home, community, or school, and fill in the rest of the fields. But hurry, entries must be in by April 30th.
For children, Kids Gardening has activities, information, projects, and more. The site also has an online store with a great selection on gardening projects and kits.
Check out this site for some more information about how to get started gardening with kids and celebrate National Garden Month.
It may be hard to believe since the snow is just now leaing in parts of Minnesota, but April is National Garden Month. Every April communities, organizations, and individuals nationwide celebrate gardening during National Garden Month. Gardeners know, and research confirms, that nurturing plants is good for us: attitudes toward health and nutrition improve, kids perform better at school, and community spirit grows. Join the celebration and help to make America a greener, healthier, more livable place!
There is some great gardening information at the National Gardening Association website, including 101 ways to celebrate National Garden Month.
You still have a chance to win the When You Garden, You GROW Giveaway...
Enter to win one of three prize packages chock full of gardening goodies — each package has a retail value of $1,000 and includes an assortment of tools from Ames True Temper, product from The Scotts Miracle-Gro Company, and a gift certificate to NGA's Garden Shop. Check off what type of gardening you do: home, community, or school, and fill in the rest of the fields. But hurry, entries must be in by April 30th.
For children, Kids Gardening has activities, information, projects, and more. The site also has an online store with a great selection on gardening projects and kits.
Check out this site for some more information about how to get started gardening with kids and celebrate National Garden Month.
// posted by Tammy Wachter @ 5:45 PM 
