Tulip Test Gardens
Update: April 15, 2010   
Please report:

Another week of warm weather in the east and the map has exploded in RED. Gardens as far north as New Brunswick reported bloom. Students at Cook School discovered something interesting in their garden. Take a look and see what you think is going on. Visit a couple of gardens in bloom this week. One garden to visit is located in a country bordered by the Caspian Sea. Can you guess what it is?

Today's Report Includes:

Image of the Week


Investigations in the tulip garden led to interesting finds for Cook School students.
Explore with them...
Maps, Questions, and Highlights

Highlights: Still Celebrating Emergence

As the map fills with red dots and schoolyards across the Northern Hemisphere show off their red tulips, we still celebrate the tulip gardens emerging in colder climates. This week in Miramichi, New Brunswick, students at Nelson School proclaimed "tulips up!" Their partner school in Dallas, Texas, had emergence on 01/29/10, and students at Nelson were more than ready! Read their story...

Tulips emerge in New Brunswick!

Upside-down Bulbs, Anyone?
"Has anyone reported on planting tulip bulbs upside down and how that compares with planting them right side up? If not, I would like to because we planted three bulbs as an experiment to see how they compare with the right side up bulbs and noticed that they are behind the other bulbs by about a week or so. " - PS 230,Brooklyn, NY
Read their report and contact them if you have anything to share.


Temperatures below average have slowed the gardens in the western states and provinces. Take a look at the temperature departure map for the past week. Where do you think most of the blooming tulips were reported this past week?

The forecast for the western states and provinces is for average temperatures this coming week. Keep your eye on the map to see the green triangles turn red!

Continued warm temperatures brought red to the map AND the tulip garden, again this week!
Focus: Students on the Lookout for Critters

Many tulip gardeners have to work hard to be assured their tulips will live long enough to flower. Some weren't successful.

"Our Tulips have bloomed! Only two were half-eaten by the pesky squirrels... " -Johnstown, New York.

"We were a little surprised when we got back from spring break to see several of the tulips in our garden had been eaten. We think it was deer." -W. St. Paul, Minnesota.

This week we showcase a garden that solved their critter problem (after a couple tries!).

 
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Rabbit's-eye View
(Don't they look tasty?)

How one school kept the critters out...
Celebrate: Tulips Bloom in Azerbaijan

Students in Ismayilli celebrated spring with blooming tulips on March 28. They share garden pictures and send greetings from Azerbaijan, a country located at the crossroads of Eastern Europe and Western Asia.

Their garden has a unique location. Azerbaijan if bordered by Russia and Georgia to the north, Armenia to the west, Iran to the south, and the Caspian Sea borders them to the east.

  • This is the 6th year students have planted a Journey North garden in Ismayilli. See more ...

This is teacher Ulviyye Tahirova and her students at I. Hasanov School #1
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The Next Tulip Garden Update Will Be Posted on April 23, 2010.

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