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School Garden Wizard

A School Garden offers a wonderful, creative space in which children of all abilities can achieve something real that is valued by others. School Garden Wizard has been created for America's K-12 school community through a partnership between the United States Botanic Garden and Chicago Botanic Garden. Clickhere to visit the School Garden Wizard website.

Linking Our Lives to Plants Curriculum

The USBG Public Programs Division has developed a flexible curriculum for grade levels 2 - 8+ to guide adult leaders and students through a set of activities that will help students learn about plants and the ways they support human societies and our environment.

The curriculum is available as a PDF file for download.

Slow Life

An on-line guide to the lives of plants based on the traveling exhibit develop by the USBG, Chicago Botanic Garden, and Indiana University. Click here to visit [http://plantsinmotion.bio.indiana.edu/usbg/]

Other Programs and Resources

The Fairchild Challenge

The USBG is suspending the Fairchild Challenge for the upcoming school year. New opportunities for teachers and students will be announced on this page as they are scheduled. For more information please contact Lee Coykendall at lcoykend@aoc.gov.

Plants In Print

The advent of book publishing ushered in an exuberant age of plant exploration and discovery. Plants in Print: The Age of Botanical Discovery is a collaboration between the United States Botanic Garden and the Chicago Botanic Garden to share the rich history of botany and plant exploration with a nationwide audience. Click here to visit the Plants in Print: The Age of Botanical Discovery exhibition website.

School Field Trips

The U.S. Botanic Garden (USBG) invites teachers and students to explore a remarkable resource. The USBG Conservatory and exhibits are open to the public everyday from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Teachers are welcome to bring students to visit the USBG for their own educational activities, or to use one of the programs described under Visit Options and Resources on the Field Trip Preparation page. No advance reservations are required although we ask that you check our home page for advice of any planned closures or other special event notices as the date of your trip approaches. Please call the Public Programs staff at (202) 225-1116 with any questions. More...