Tulip Test Gardens

Location, Location, Location
December 14, 2016, Mary Hosier
Explore garden latitudes to sharpen skills for predicting when tulips will emerge in the spring.

blooming tulips
 Sixth graders at Bullis School, Potomac, Maryland   Dana Bleiberg

Connect and Share
Each Test Garden has its own unique place on the globe. How are garden locations different from Alaska to New Brunswick to Texas? Tweet clues to help others predict when your tulips will emerge in the spring. #JNshare
Journey North Tulip Test Gardens: Fall 2015
Zelenograd, Russia		 Journey North Tulip Test Gardens: Fall 2015
Arlington, Virginia		 Journey North Tulip Test Gardens: Fall 2015Lanham, Maryland
Journey North Tulip Test Gardens: Fall 2015
Independence, Kansas		 Journey North Tulip Test Gardens: Fall 2015
Sun Prairie, Wisconson		 Journey North Tulip Test Gardens: Fall 2015
El Cajon, California
Journey North Tulip Test Gardens: Fall 2015
Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania		 Journey North Tulip Test Gardens: Fall 2015
Creve Coeur, Missouri		 Journey North Tulip Test Gardens: Fall 2015
Hartselle, Alabama

Latitude and Temperature
Are temperature and latitude related? Your latitude represents the distance you are from the equator. Find your latitude, then find other gardens located at the same latitude. Use a temperature map to compare temperatures along your latitude line.

Globe with latitude lines
Map and Journal

After planting
Report to the map.

 Journey North Climate Garden Map: North America Journal
  Fall Map
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Next Update January 11, 2017

 

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