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What Can Your Garden Grow?
PRESENTED BY JACQUELINE CHRISTENGlenside Public Library District
25 E. Fullerton Avenue, Glendale Heights, IL 60139
630-260-1550www.glensidepld.org
PROMOTING LEARNING AND ENTHUSIASM WITH A LIBRARY GARDEN
About Me
Why Gardening?
Opportunities for creativity and learning
Involvement
STEM in libraries
I hate science! I’m not good at
science!
Backyard Scientists
“Learn about the world we live in as we plan and care for our library garden”
Extracting DNA from strawberries
Extracting DNA from strawberries
Science is so freaking awesome!
Raised-Bed Garden Projects
Saving Seeds
Photo: Great Plant Escape - All About Seeds urbanext.illinois.edu
Soil Testing
Soil preparation
No garden required!
Composting
Propagation
Dissecting Flowers
Medieval Garden
Making Ink From Plants
Growing seeds in a glove
Garden Journals
Connecting with Summer Reading Program Themes
How can public libraries and schools collaborate?
Let’s share ideas!
Questions?
Thank you for coming!