Adrian, 8years old, 3rd grade, planted his sunflower seed and has been taking care of it. He's excited it started to sprout.
Look at the Butterfly Project at Blackwater Regional Library in Virginia. Children that visited the library could observe the caterpillars growing and changing into butterflies, and also choose a children's book about butterflies to read at home. Blackwater Regional...
This took me all summer to grow! Haha. I love earth and nature. I love gardening with my dad. We grow veggies and flowers. And we use to grow a lot of sunflowers. Different colors and sizes but after this we are going to grow them again now.
Brianna planted this seed late August. We were surprised that it still bloomed with it getting cold. Brianna is only 5 but loves to help in the garden.
My name is Julian, and i am 7 yrs old. I planted a sunflower at school last year, and i got it to sprout. I like helping my mom and dad plant seeds in the garden. I like to pick up trash at the park that people leave to keep the earth clean too. I am happy my flower...
Hi thank you for the sunflower seeds. I planted them in the beginning of June when I received them from my teacher. I had a lot of fun planting flowers. My name is Aspen. I was in kindergarten last year.
Owen and I planted our seeds in late May and watched them grow all summer long. Finally at the very end of August, they bloomed! Sunflowers grow very tall; Owen posed for this photo on a ladder!
During last semester, my teacher (Mrs. Williams), taught us all about plants and gave us sunflowers seeds for us to plant. We want to share with you our experience. We enjoyed the entire process from planting the seeds through watch them grow taller than us!! We...
As we keep our rooms and houses clean and beautiful, together, we need to keep clean and beautiful the house that we share, Earth. If we protect our planet, we are protecting our future! -- Carlos
I planted these at my grandparents farm on May 28, 2022. They have a small garden just for me beside the garage. I watered them and weeded them every time I came out. I learned about sunflowers and other plants that bees like in school and they gave me...
My name is Khamille I’m 10 yrs old I planted my sunflower and it bloomed August 15! I’m so excited about growing my first sunflower. I helped my mother in her garden last year and was so happy to see my own plant grow. Seeing such a tiny seed turn into this tall...
I helped my grandma plant a garden and pull weeds.
Serenity and LayLeah both enjoyed growing and watching the sunflowers bloom. The miracle is this particular one, came to full bloom on the 11th of August. So it was a birthdays gift to both of them! The girls like collecting them and putting...
Serenity and LayLeah both enjoyed growing and watching the sunflowers bloom. The miracle is this particular one, came to full bloom on the 11th of August. So it was a birthdays gift to both of them! The girls like collecting them and putting them in the...
My name is Everett. I am 6 years old. I planted my sunflowers on my grandpa’s deck. I also planted pumpkins.
My name is Hunter. I am 6 years old. I planted my sunflowers with my dad and grandpa. I have watered them and watched them grow so tall and now bloom! I can’t believe how tall they are!!
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My son Ansel (6) planted your seeds exactly one month ago, and on the Fourth of July, he got his first bloom! Plus, two more blooms are on their way.
Way to grow, Epifania!
My name is Eden and I am 9 years old.
After much waiting, Micaela’s sunflower bloomed. She planted one at school and 4 seeds at home. She has 2 more flowers that will blossom soon.
Way to grow, Adam!
Zayne planted sunflowers from his 3rd grade classroom. He enjoyed watching them grow.
Waden planted a sunflower this year.
Look at my sunflower!!!
I recycle I clean up trash at the beach I water my plants I turn off my lights when I’m not using them.
My name is Eden F. and I plant trees, flowers and vegetables. I also clean up trash that I find on the ground.
My 2 daughters brought some sunflowers seeds home from school.
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Celebrate Earth Day!
We think that we should all celebrate the Earth every day! We especially love to say the Planet Earth Pledge out loud! No job is too big No action too small For the care of the Earth Is the task of us all!
Take the Planet Earth Pledge!
Every spring we encourage all of our students to take the Planet Earth Pledge! Say it out loud, all together, 3 times. It's a powerful, heartfelt pledge to love and protect Planet Earth, our home. No job is too big No action too small For the care of the Earth Is the...
Hello we ordered a bunch of finger puppets, nature library (25) , and butterfly kit this year and my grandchildren had a blast. Ordered some pencil stands from Amazon and with the wonderful celebrate planet earth pencils you included in box, we set them up in...
Sunflower all stars!
My daughter came in from school with sunflowers seeds and we were super exited to plant them, we’ve been washing them every day to see how they growth, here a picture with one of sunflower.
We grew sunflowers!
This photo is of Brynlee M. from East Tennessee pictured with her cat Simba and a summer sunflower from a packet of seeds she came home from school with in the spring of 2021. Her great-grandmother (Luetta C. AKA “Mimi”) helped her grow it....
We had an excellent summer with the Sunflower All Stars. Most have now bloomed, but we are still waiting for a few 🙂
This is Rhylie she grew her sunflowers that she got from School. With a Hot summer it was a rough start to the flowers but some are blooming. We had to take this photo before a Big Rain storm came in due to Hurricane IDA.
London grew her Sunflower from seed. She received her seeds from school. She grew the seed through the whole summer and watered the Sunflower 🌻 every day. She is very proud of her Sunflower she grew from a seed. She is super excited and looking forward...
Wyatt planted sunflower seeds he got from school and they grew very tall.
Imagine one million sunflower! This is Maggie, she grew this wonderful sunflower this summer and has been dying to show it off!
We planted the sunflowers seeds in homemade compost and watered it with rain water collected in our rain barrel. Now they bloomed! #onemillionsunflowers
Garrison received sunflower seeds to plant from his kindergarten class at Sturgis Elementary in Sturgis, KY. He has tended to them for months watering and watching them grow. They are in a small pot, but he plans on moving them to the ground so they can get stronger...
Hi! I am June Bug. I received these from my preschool in Ruston, La. We planted them in our garden and one grew to be almost 6 feet tall. The bees love them!! Thank you for sharing them with our family.
I first planted them in a flower pot, then when they were big enough I replanted them in the ground. Watered them about every 2 days depending on the weather. 3rd grade.
Reagan received the sunflower seeds in her 4th grade class. She planted them in her mom and dad’s front flower bed, right with the gerber daisies. Several are blooming in beautiful Arlington, TN!
Silvia recycles, knows about compost, and reusing/ transforming old things in new stuff. Her sunflower barely survived the nightly buffet of the deer in our yard. Out of 5 it's the last one. It got eaten once but came back. We had to guard it to help get it to bloom!
Cayton helped his big sister plant and care for her sunflower seeds. He waited patiently for them to bloom and finally on July 1st the first flower opened. He was so excited to show her!