Outdoor Classroom Links

Websites related to Outdoor Classrooms

General information on creating and using outdoor classrooms

Wildlife

Plants

A Dozen "Must Have" Plants for Backyard Habitat (NJF&W suggests substituting the Butterfly Bush, Clethra for Buddleia)
Composting 101
Environmental Protection Agency--Native Plant Fact Sheet
Environmentally Friendly Landscaping
Flowers, Plants, and Gardening: For Kids!
Gardening for a Truly Green Thumb
Growing in the Garden Links
Plants for a Butterfly Garden
Plants for Creating a Backyard Habitat
PlantNative
Tree Canada
U.S. Department of Agriculture--PLANTS Database
University of Vermont Extension--Successful Wildflower Meadows
What Tree Is That?™ - Arbor Day Foundation

Water

Fertilizers/Pesticides

Other Services

Acorn Naturalists
Basic Composting from the EPA
Blueprint for a Green School - Center for Environmental Education, Maine
Bowman's Hill Wildflower Preserve
eNature.com
Garden Mosaics
The Gardener’s Guide to Global Warming
Green Brick Road
The Green Schools Initiative
Healthy Schools Initiative
i-MapNj
Keep America Beautiful: Take Action
Kidsgardening.com
Landscaping for a Healthy Planet
National Gardening Association
National Wildlife Federation
New Jersey Audubon Society
New Jersey Audubon Society Earth Month
New Jersey Nursery and Landscape Association
Ovies Underground
Partnership for the Delaware Estuary
PBS-sponsored Backyard Jungle website
Protecting Nature in Your Community (AMNH pdf)
Southface Green Schools Toolkit - Energy Star for K-12 Schools
Take a Walk Books
U.S. Geological Survey: Schoolyard Geology

Examples of New Jersey school-based outdoor classroom websites:

Outdoor Classroom Programs in other States:

Information about Schoolyard Habitat Workshops:

NJ Division of Fish and Wildlife

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