Operation Thistle – Leader Resources

Leader Resources

Preserving Beauty

• Preservation Techniques #1
• Preservation Techniques #2

Blooms of the World

• Blooms of California
• Blooms of Columbia
• Blooms of Equador
• Blooms of Hawaii
• Blooms of Jamaica

Leader Resources

• Coat Hanger Topiary Gallery
• Cultivating Contraption Gallery

Leader Resources

Six Week Propagation Production Venture

• Propagation Resource

Great Service Learning Ideas

• Propagation Related
  – Use Propagation Resources and donate plants gifting others (such as teachers/admin at school, residents of nursing/elder care facility, etc.)
  – Another option is to use funds generated from the 6 Week Propagation Production Venture plant sale to donate to local organization (such as animal shelter, school/city library, food bank, etc.)
• Education Related
  – Have students plan several session to spend time with and teach younger students. This could be as simple as setting a couple 30 minute session with younger students every month. This idea of reoccurring sessions with younger “Garden Buddies” can be filled with students taking what they learn during JMG class and having your older students pick a favorite lesson and coming up with ideas of of how it could be adapted for younger students.
• Work Project Related
  – Complete beautification project at your campus or local-non profit. This could be as easy as asking for permission to clean up beds (such as removing weeds, cleaning up trash, adding mulch, planting flowering plants, etc.) or installing a new, small flower bed or shrubs.

Printable Operation Thistle handbook pages PDF