Choose from diverse gardening and environmental education topics for your custom Nature to You lessons.
Include at least one topic with a "sprout" symbol to start your series of five Backyard or Private Group lessons. Get your creative juices flowing for your Garden Party or Drop-in Event. Every topic is hands-on!
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5 seasons: Sing, draw, and plant along with Southern Arizona's unique weather patterns.
Backyard bugs: Explore insects and beyond, and eco-friendly actions to encourage or discourage bugs.
Backyard wildlife: Balance your goals of growing a garden and supporting birds, lizards, and more.
Creative compost: Recycle kitchen scraps and yard waste to fit your space and lifestyle.
Desert survival: Discover and make smart adaptations for plants and people.
Growing readers: Plant literacy and imagination through a gardening storytime.
Make more plants: Try diverse methods of plant propagation.
Mini-garden: Plant an imaginative scene to enjoy indoors.
Planting water: Make ollas, dig basins, and play with percolation to water plants sustainably.
Plants for pets: Grow a garden that’s good for cats or dogs, and their people.
Pretty in a pot: Create a unique container garden of flowers, food, or both.
Softer soil: Explore soil, make a site plan, and start planting.
Water play: Stay cool by learning fun ways to water plants and people.
And due to popular demand...
Wonderful worms: Play with live worms and make your own worm bin.
Further customize your lessons
Backyard Q&A: Describe and draw your dreams, and take a guided tour of gardening books and websites.
Interest-led extension: Learn and do more about any topic already done!
Neighborhood field trip: Extend any above lesson with a walking tour of nearby washes and landscapes.
Explore More on the Blog
Nature to You blog posts touch on the formal topics above. Read on to see how Anna Van Devender weaves gardening and environmental education into daily life.