Suggests that by linking storytelling with children's garden programs, public gardens may serve to educate children about the processes that underlie and interweave diverse cultures' seasonal traditions. These ideas have been developed and tried in programs since 1988 at San Francisco's Strybing Arboretum's Children's Garden. (LZ)

Describes activities a public school class of 40 children in grades 1 through 4 at Westminster, Vermont, participated in during an integrated curriculum encouraging hands-on, inquiry-based learning in a cooperative setting. The activities revolved around a snack garden whose original purpose was to improve nutrition and nutritional awareness. (LZ)

Children's gardening is introduced within the broader frame of reference of sustainable development, regenerative design, and biodesign. Gardening in the primary grades is proposed as one of the most feasible pedagogical approaches for ensuring a daily learning experience that provides contact with nature. Presents a case study of children's…

Probes some of the conceptual meanings people attach to gardens, based on memories and meanings of childhood gardens. The results of interviews with gardeners in California and Norway are used to illustrate different meanings people attach to childhood gardens. Concludes with some of the design, planning, and management issues facing childhood…

There are numerous comic-book stories that deal with gardening, garden design, and environmental problems. Knowing and caring about the natural environment is often discussed differently in comics than in professional magazines. Discusses the chances comics may offer for the communication of ideas to children, adolescents, and even adults. (LZ)

Including teens' needs in the planning and maintenance of urban space suggests new methods of layering utility and maximizing benefit to teens and community. Discusses the Berkeley Youth Alternatives (BYA) Youth Employment Landscape Program and BYA Community Garden Patch. Program descriptions and evaluation provide future direction. (LZ)

Preschool children interviewed in small groups identified expected characteristics of a garden as part of a needs assessment. Students identified gardening activities they anticipate doing themselves. The young children's expectations were used to design and construct a garden that would have strong appeal to this age group. (LZ)

The Master Gardener Classroom Garden Project provides inner-city elementary school children in the San Antonio Independent School District with an experiential way of learning about horticulture, gardening, themselves, and their relationships with their peers. Qualitative interviews indicate that participation in the gardening project had many…

Describes the methods used by elementary school student parents, teachers, administrators, and the surrounding community to create an urban wildlife habitat in central Phoenix. The program is designed to increase the likelihood of students becoming environmentally responsible citizens. (LZ)

A national children's gardening symposium was held August 12-14, 1993, to enable educators of grades K through 8 to begin or improve gardening programs for children. Discusses some of the conference results and describes 12 model gardens for both recreational and educational purposes at school, backyard, and community sites. (LZ)