Update: January 8, 2016
By Mary Hosier
Please Report
After You Plant:
report form

Get ready to track the greening of spring! Gather and share observations, questions, data, and garden profiles.

Susan Voshell's Class
Looking Forward to Spring    Cumming, Georgia
News: January Plantings

Got yours planted? Watch as more gardens appear on the map in early January when gardeners in warm regions plant their cold-treated bulbs.

"We removed our bulbs from cold storage and put them in the ground today."
01/05/16   Capka Cooperative, Seattle, Washington

bulb for planting
M. Markham
Connect and Share Tweet
Share your Tulip Test Garden news on Twitter using the #JNshare16. Grow connections with other classrooms and predict how different climate conditions will affect where and when tulips will emerge and bloom.
Journal: Local and Global Studies

Explore journal handouts to document local seasonal changes. How might global climate variables affect plant growth in other Test Gardens around the Northern Hemisphere.

Science Notebooking
Map and Journal Activity

Once you've completed your own garden profile, compare the climate variables of your site with another in this week's journal handout.

Journey North Climate Garden Map: North America
map | sightings

Profile Asheville, NC
Journal Handout

Journey North Climate Garden Map: North America
map | sightings
Next Update February 10, 2016