Garden Links
Youth Gardens
in Metro Omaha:
(or
community gardens with youth programs)
Gifford Park Neighborhood
Association Youth Garden
34th & Cass
www.giffordparkomaha.org/Youth_Garden.html
City Sprouts Youth Gardening
Program
40th & Seward
www.omahasprouts.org
Highlander / Prospect Hill Kids'
Garden Club
28th Ave. between Indiana and Izard
African-American Heritage Garden
Kris Carter, neighborhood association president
Bryan Middle School Garden
Various themes
8210 S. 42nd St.
557-4100
www.ops.org/middle/bryan
Columbian Elementary School
Garden:
Various themes
330 S. 127th St.
697-1433
www.ops.org/elementary/columbian
Dundee Elementary School Garden:
Various themes: Peter Rabbit veggie garden, rainbow garden, etc.
310 N. 51st St.
554-8424
www.ops.org/elementary/dundee
Morton Magnet Middle School
Tomatoes and cucumbers
4606 Terrace Drive
557-4700
www.ops.org/middle/morton
Skyline Ranches Neighborhood
Association Kids' Garden Club
Omaha Food Bank donations, garden art focus, perennials
South of 210th & Dodge
676-2136
www.KidsGardenClub.org
Omaha Resources:
UNL Extension in Douglas/Sarpy Counties,
Master Gardener advice and other information:
http://douglas-sarpy.unl.edu
City Sprouts community garden:
www.CitySprouts.com
Methodist "Big Garden" community gardens:
www.gardenbig.org
Omaha Council of Garden Clubs:
www.omahagardenclubs.com
Nature experiences:
www.morenature.info
Exercise and nutrition for kids:
www.livewellomahakids.org
www.omahahealthykids.org
North Omaha community development:
www.EmpowerOmaha.com
North Omaha Neighborhood Association
Grown in North Omaha community garden advice and assistance
northOgardens@gmail.com
Environmental ed / annual school contest:
www.greenomahacoalition.org
Statewide:
University of Nebraska:
http://schoolgardens.unl.edu
Lancaster County UNL Extension:
http://lancaster.unl.edu/hort/youth
National:
Junior Master Gardener program:
http://www.jmgkids.us/
http://www.jmgkids.us/index.cfm?did=2035§ionID=2017
(registration information)
General information:
www.kidsgardening.org
General information, "My First Garden":
http://urbanext.illinois.edu/firstgarden/
General information:
www.communitygardens.org
General information:
www.urbanharvest.org
Gardening with children:
http://www.serenataflowers.com/Flowers-plants-and-gardening-for-kids
School garden ideas:
http://gardeninglaunchpad.com/kids.html
National symposium:
http://www.ahs.org/youth_gardening/national_youth_garden_symposium.htm
Beginning vegetable gardening:
www.hort.purdue.edu/ext/HO-32.pdf
www.extension.iastate.edu/Publications/PM819.pdf
Home vegetable gardening tutorial:
www.extension.iastate.edu/Publications/PM819.pdf
4-H afterschools:
National: http://4-h.org/b/Pages/Afterschool/about.html
Nevada: http://www.unce.unr.edu/programs/childyouthfam/index.asp?ID=92
School Garden lesson plans, etc.:
www.schoolgardenwizard.org
Herb gardening (kids' activities about halfway down this page):
http://www.herbco.com/t-herb-gardening-guide.aspx
Field Trip
Ideas:
Omaha Farmers Market
Saturdays, May 1 through Oct. 9
8 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
11th & Jackson Streets
www.omahafarmersmarket.com
Tomato Tomato
Year-round, indoor farmers market
2634 S. 156th Circle
933-0893
www.tomatotomato.com
Stock Seed Company
Prairie grasses and flowers;
Summer or early fall field trips are best
Murdock, NE
Call ahead and talk to Janell
(800) 759-1520
www.stockseed.com
Allwine Prairie Preserve
14810 State St.
T.L. Davis Prairie
245th Street south of Q Street
Visits arranged through preserve manager:
www.unomaha.edu/prairie
Fontenelle Nature Association
Bellevue, Nebraska
www.fontenelleforest.org
Lauritzen Gardens
Omaha Botanical Center
100 Bancroft St.
www.lauritzengardens.org
Sass Memorial Iris Garden
Greater Omaha Iris Society
Mahoney State Park near Ashland, Neb.
www.greateromahairissociety.org
Garden
Literature:
Neecy Twinem, the author/illustrator whose art work graces www.KidsGardenClub.org, has a
bookstore on her website, www.neecytwinem.com