Landscape architecture and design take a lot of planning and preparation. Give it your best shot and design a garden of your own.

Use this comprehensive site to create a garden at your school. Topics include: school gardening at a glance, cost estimate worksheet, design: using student ideas, and more.

Would you like to attract birds to your backyard? Look here to learn how to create an inviting garden for birds.

In this project, students will design a sensory garden. The area to be designed is for a flower bed 3' wide, 5' long and 3' high. The design must be wheelchair-accessible from all sides. Students will research the different sensory...

A great lesson plan using oil pastels where the student looks at Monet's "Garden at Saint-Adresse," and then creates their own composition focusing on foreground, middleground and background.

Based on the book Muncha! Muncha! Muncha! by Candace Fleming. Students must use the engineering design process to plan and build a barrier that will keep hungry bunnies out of a garden.

Find out how landscapers are using a gardening technique that uses little water.

In this unit, students will learn about the difficulty that farmers in Bangladesh and the UK experience trying to grow crops on land that is regularly flooded. Then they will be challenged to make a model of a structure that can float to...

This task challenges a student to use understanding of area to find the area of shapes on a grid.

Get some tips and strategies to create a sustainable rain garden.

An activity where students learn about the art of Japanese scroll painting, and create their own scroll painting to reflect the seasonal changes in a garden. This is designed to be in conjunction with a visit to a Japanese garden, but...

After reading F.H. Burnett's The Secret Garden, middle schoolers create their own secret gardens and design a slideshow presentation of their gardens to share with the class.

A activity where students learn about Zen garden design and the symbolism used, then work in small groups to create a miniature Zen garden. This activity is intended to be done in conjunction with a visit to a Japanese garden, but can be...

Students explore whether rooftop gardens are a viable option for combating the urban heat island effect. Can rooftop gardens reduce the temperature inside and outside houses? Teams each design and construct two model buildings using foam...

A scavenger hunt where students find and study examples of leaf adaptations for different environments. This activity is designed to be used on a visit to botanical gardens or greenhouse but could be adapted and used with specimens in...

If you want to plant a class garden, this is a great resource for combining geometry, Native American studies, and rocks.

A study of the stone lanterns that can be found in Japanese gardens. Students will learn about their history and symbolism, and create lanterns of their own out of clay. This is designed to be in conjunction with a visit to a Japanese...

An activity where students learn about the koi, an important symbol in Japanese culture, and create a gyotaku fish printing. This is designed to be done in conjunction with a visit to a Japanese garden but can be easily adapted.

A lesson unit on developing a classroom garden in Texas. Learners must prepare a plan by analyzing the climate and which crops are best suited to their locale, how much sun their garden will get, which plants grow well together, and what...

Harper's Magazine declared in 1862 that Central Park was "the finest work of art ever executed in this country". Read about the history of Central Park, the design process, and view pictures.

This is a hands-on book report project. It will be an extension activity that occurs after the reading of the stories The Secret Gardens and/ or The Gardener. Paper Flowers will be designed and put together by each student. Story events...

What is a native plant? Why should I use native plants? Which plants will attract birds and butterflies? These questions are answered and a number of important facts are discussed in the highly informative site.

Why do scientists use a nature journal? This activity is designed to introduce students to learning the routine for using a nature journal and practice using their observation skills and descriptive writing skills in their journal...

Have you ever wanted to make your own sculpture? You can use materials readily available in your garden, neighborhood, and local park to design a nature sculpture.