Spotlight: Spinach

Taylor Whittlesey
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Spotlight: Spinach Taylor Whittlesey shares her connection with this nutritious vegetable from her experiences growing up in Texas. Learn how her consumption with spinach has not only helped shaped her body and nutritional habits, but her family as well. #jmgfruitsandveggies Background I grew up participating in foods and nutrition projects in the Texas 4-H program. One meeting…
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Spotlight: The Mango

Taylor Whittlesey
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Spotlight: The Mango Taylor Whittlesey shares her connection with this nutritious fruit from her time in the Dominican Republic. Learn how her consumption with mangos has not only helped shaped her body and nutritional habits, but has reminded her of her time living abroad. #jmgfruitsandveggies There is nothing to show here! Slider with alias spotlight not found.…
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Photo Contest Winners

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Photo Contest Results are IN!!! Special thanks to those that participated in our photo contest! We are happy to announce our two winners! First Place – Stephanie Huckestein, Hahn Horticulture Garden   Second Place – Rachel Woodward, Wilson Elementary School   Winners, please email Taylor your mailing addresses so she can send the prizes to you. …
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Summer Learning in Alaska

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By: Pat Ryan, Alaska Botanical Garden Overview and Early Summer The Junior Master Gardener Program at the Alaska Botanical Garden is in its 12th year! We have an 8 week schedule here where the kids come once a week in the morning or afternoon. We have around 50 kids this year. Last year our JMG…
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Photo Contest

Taylor Whittlesey
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In celebration of the newest, Growing Good kids Book Award Winner, Before We Eat, we want to invite you to join our….   “JMG Kids in the Garden Photo Contest”   Help us promote more gardening projects, highlight current project groups, and you could receive a prize! The Top 2 photos will receive a Featured Highlight…
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Featured Upcoming Learn, Grow Eat & GO! Training Workshops & Conferences

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Featured Upcoming Learn, Grow Eat & GO! Training Workshops & Conferences   Confirmed Conference Presentations: o   National Health Outreach Conference, May 6-8, Atlanta, Georgia o   It’s Time Texas Summit, June 15-16, Austin o   Out-Of-School-Time Initiative Conference (ACE), June 24-26, Grapevine, TX o   National Youth & Children’s Gardening Symposium – July 9-11, 2015 Austin, TX o  …
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Bamboozled!

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          Thoughts:  One of my most successful projects with first and second graders was leaf prints.  As I hope you’ll see from the art work I’ve posted, the results can be stunning. I began looking into doing leaf prints different ways, trying many kinds of leaves along the way.  I finally…
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Hola Mola!

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  Thought:  While teaching art I came across some beautifully colored textiles from the Kuna Indians, who live on some islands off the coasts of Panama and the northern part of South America.  For years, teachers have been using mola art to inspire children to create their own wonderful designs.  Many of the original mola…
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I Spy A Butterfly!

Taylor Whittlesey
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With the monarch population at a record low, you can help track monarch butterflies as they migrate by reporting your sightings of them! Check out where monarch’s have been spotted on the interactive map link featured at the bottom of this page. A little more about monarch butterflies… – Monarchs can only lay one egg at…
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