Journey North International Plant Study Spring 2006

Tulip Garden Update: March 24, 2006

Today's "Data Only" Update Includes:

This Week's Map and Data
This Just In: Azerbaijan is Blooming!

This Week's Map and Data
Just a quick update today to give you the latest data for your map. We've added another 10 blooming gardens and 28 emerging gardens to the map. Spring is spreading across North America and Europe! Slide your cursor over the map to watch spring arrive in gardens across the Atlantic. Keep track on our weekly slide show.

Slideshow (Week-by-week animation)

Where will the gardens emerge and bloom next? Study the temperature maps and compare them to this week’s tulip garden map. Can you see any patterns to help you predict the coming of spring in North America?

Spring is arriving in the East and the West

This Week's Data (Reported March 18-24, 2006)

Make your own map or print ours.

This Just In: Azerbaijan is Blooming!

Ismayilli, Azerbaijan
A satellite view.

Students in Ismayilli, Azerbaijan announced spring's arrival this week. Our first garden in Azerbaijan has bloomed. The Peace Corps Volunteer working with them last fall got a phone call announcing the good news.
Was YOUR prediction correct? Check your records from last fall when we asked you to find gardens in North America that you think will bloom at the same time as each European garden.

Try This!
Ismayilli (40.77, 48.15) tulips bloomed on March 8.
Which gardens in North America bloomed at about the same time?

The Next Tulip Garden Update Will Be Posted on March 31, 2006.