The American Horticultural Society is one of the founding members of the Partnership for Plant-Based Learning (PPBE), a coalition of national organizations devoted to promoting the use of plants as an important element of children's educational programs. In addition to AHS, other PPBE participants include the United States Botanic Garden, the National Gardening Association, the National Wildlife Federation, and the Chicago Botanic Garden.

For more information on the PPBE and the organizations involved, link to the PPBE Website at http://www.ppbe.org/ . You can also read summaries of two major papers relating to plant-based education initiatives below--links to the full text are also available.

Note: The files below are in PDF format. If you do not have Adobe Acrobat Viewer installed, you will need to download it in order to view/print the resource bulletins.

• Uses of Active Plant-Based Learning (APBL) in K-12 Educational Settings
  A White Paper Prepared for the Partnership for Plant-Based Education
  by Scott P. Lewis, Ph.D (PDF)
   

• Revisiting garden based learning in basic education: Philosophical roots, historical foundations, best practices and products, impacts, outcomes, and future directions by Daniel Desmond, 4-H Youth Development Advisor
  University of California- Davis, USA, El Dorado County Cooperative Extension. (PDF)
   

 

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