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!