In a winter filled with weather twists and turns Test Gardens are emerging! Record-breaking temperatures in November and December may have people wondering, how will the warmer temperatures affect garden predictions across the Northern Hemisphere?

• Follow along, and share with other classrooms when you tweek your predictions, and share on Twitter.

Share your Tulip Test Garden news on Twitter using #JNshare16. Grow connections with other classrooms!

Your garden has its own unique climate. How does that climate affect when your tulips will emerge and bloom? Describe and share your garden climate profile and share with Journey North gardeners across the Northern Hemisphere.

• Describe and report your garden profile to the map.

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

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Journal Handout