A new resource from the Brooklyn Botanic Garden...it is excellent.
*Brooklyn Botanic Garden Releases First All-Region Guide For Kids and
Families
Gardening With Children
*Brooklyn, NY--May 25, 2007--*Brooklyn Botanic Garden (BBG) announces the
release of the newest All-Region Guide, Gardening With Children, BBG's first
handbook for children and their caregivers--entirely devoted to activities
and projects that connect kids with the natural world through gardening.
Families will find a colorful, compact resource that teaches basic concepts
in horticulture and ecology in ways that are ceaselessly fascinating and
fun.
Gardening With Children offers valuable lessons about raising plants. This
groundbreaking guide encourages children to discover nature's cycles and
follow their innate curiosity as they explore garden-related activities and
learn how to grow plants from seed. Gardening With Children was developed
and written by members of BBG's expert education staff and explores basic
ecological concepts with thought-provoking, hands-on activities for every
season. The creative projects in the book are geared for 6- to 10-year-old
children who garden or explore along with an adult caregiver; older children
will be able to enjoy the book independently.
Scores of fun projects will awaken a child's sense of wonder about the
natural world while nourishing cognitive functioning and self-confidence.
Whether readers have access to a large green yard or a simple windowsill
planter, Gardening With Children invites adults and children to share the
joy of watching plants, and the animals that live among them, grow and
flourish.
Brooklyn Botanic Garden established the country's first children's garden in
a botanic garden and today is known worldwide for its children's education
programs.
According to Sharon Myrie, vice president of Education at Brooklyn Botanic
Garden, "For nearly 95 years, BBG has earned a reputation for its
groundbreaking, successful children's gardening programs. Through our
hands-on gardening programs, we are encouraging children to be active
participants in the full cycle of nature, from planting seeds to harvesting
their crops. As awareness of the fragility of our environment increases, it
is important to teach our children to be good stewards of the land and to
foster a true love of gardening. We are thrilled to extend our expertise to
children and their families with the publication of this engaging,
innovative and colorful book."
Gardening With Children features:
* Over 40 hands-on activities and ideas for many more
* Wildlife and food gardening projects, nature explorations,
science experiments, journal keeping, art and craft activities
* Easy step-by-step instructions
* Beautiful full-color illustrations on each page
* Comprehensive glossary and index
Information-packed and bursting with colorful illustrations, Gardening With
Children allows kids and their families to delight in observing and
interacting with plants and animals while discovering nature's cycles and
communities.
The New York Times Book Review called BBG's handbook series a "brilliant
collection of little gardening handbooks...Each one takes a small bite of
subject matter and chews it thoroughly...the mix of common sense, practical
advice and, on occasion, pointed debunking...makes these slender volumes do
the work of books twice their size and three times their price. And what the
handbooks...lack in acreage they make up for in authority."
*Ordering Information
*
*/Gardening With Children /*(ISBN-10: 1-889538-30-2)/ /is available at a
discount direct from Brooklyn Botanic Garden's online store at shop.bbg.org,
or by calling 718-623-7286. It is also available in bookstores and at garden
centers for $9.95 in the U.S./$12.95 in Canada. For wholesale ordering
information, call Sterling Publishing at 800-367-9692 or visit its website
at www.sterlingpub.com <http://www.sterlingpub.com/> <
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http://t.lt05.net/c.asp?ul5ufTl4GE4rVbVQCRXH7gd4sskLJ0J2OXFwtijcwDxg >. To
receive a free brochure of current and past handbook titles, call
718-623-7241.
Brooklyn Botanic Garden handbooks have been published continuously since
1945. They are the only series of popular gardening books published by a
botanic garden in North America. Written by top gardening experts and packed
with spectacular color photos and illustrations, All-Region Guides offer 120
pages full of ideas on how to make your garden beautiful, bountiful, and
ecologically sensible.
Founded in 1910, Brooklyn Botanic Garden (BBG) is an independent nonprofit
institution committed to education, research, and the display of
horticulture. BBG serves communities in New York City and internationally
through its world-class gardens, extensive research collections, and
numerous educational and community programs. Situated on 52 acres in the
heart of Brooklyn, the Garden is home to over 10,000 types of plants and
hosts more than 700,000 visitors annually.
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