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A free garden treat for your JMG Groups@:   Grammar 1 and Grammar 2 Science Classes Ridgefield, WA Leon Heights Elem. 5th Grade Science Class Belton, TX UTNG KIDS Riverton, UT   and School Gardening National News Subscribers Toni "campbutterfly" in Illinois & Kim "kimgrulah" in California Each month we'll select a few registered JMG groups and JMG News subscribers to receive a free, cool item just for fun and learning. This month's treat: a free book from our garden library sign up for a Growums garden starter kit fundraiser at your school:	If it's too cold out, inside have kids grow an Indoor Botantical Garden of Art Do you know what dicot plant with simple, lanceolate-shaped leaves, an opposite leaf arrangement and tap root system looks like? Or how about a monocot, with simple elliptic-shaped leaves, a whorled leaf arrangement and a storage root system? If it's too cold to garden where you are at bring a unique and colorful garden inside this week! Utilize student creativity to allow your science-minded kids to build a beautiful paper sculpture garden inside during this coldest time of the year! Plant classification might sometimes be dull and terminology hard to retain. The JMG Indoor Botanical Garden of Art makes it an easy, fun and creative process. The "Indoor Botanical Garden of Art" lesson featured in the JMG Level 2 curriculum, Operation Thistle, Plant Growth & Development, (pgs 20-23) is available as a free PDF download of lesson this month! Between now and Feb. 3, 2012, send us a photo of your kids' Indoor Botanical Garden of Art. Selected photos will be featured here with their group/school name! Click here for more information about JMG Level 2 curricula.	know&grow JMG news: Developing a Green Thumb of Knowledge  Scottsboro, Alabama Children’s Garden Marks Success for 2011 Braselton, Georgia Indiana JMGers on Front Line to Save the Monarch Munster, Indiana >>>See 2012 New Year edition of School Gardening National News   A great way to stay up on youth gardening and JMG opportunities is the JMG Facebook fan page. During the month of January we'll select some fans to receive a free book from the JMG Garden Library. Winner will be chosen from fans uploading a photo with brief description of their class's Indoor Botanical Garden of Art! JMG Level 2, Plant Growth & Development curriculum: Operation Thistle