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Brooklyn Botanic Garden
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- Duration - 03:32
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Chilies are grown around Mexico, Japan, Africa, and India. Join us at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden and learn how you can grow chilies in your corner of the world.
Questions & Extended Learning Activities
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Brooklyn Botanic Garden
The staff at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden has created a gardening book just for kids. If you want to know about growing flowers and vegetables in your corner of the world, click here.
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Grow Your Own Peppers
Are you ready to grow your own chili peppers? Click here and order a packet of seeds from Park Seed Company.
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Janice VanCleave
Do you have a question about chemistry? Ask Janice VanCleve, author of more than forty books on science and science fairs. Visit her site Science for Fun.
Recommended Books
- Roots, Shoots, Buckets & Boots: Gardening Together with Children
- Author : Sharon Lovejoy
- ASIN : 0761110569
- Gardening Wizardry for Kids
- Author : L. Patricia Kite
- ASIN : 0812013174
- Gardening with Children (Brooklyn Botanic Garden All-Region Guide)
- Author : Monika Hanneman
- ASIN : 1889538302
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