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 Volume 1, Issue 11
Featured Book: Lens on Outdoor Learning
by Wendy Banning and Ginny Sullivan
Can outdoor education for children between three and five thrive in a
standards-based early learning landscape? Most definitely! The authors show how
outdoor experiences foster curiosity, creativity, problem-solving, resilience,
and other widely recognized hallmarks of successful preschool programs. This well-researched guide is filled with tangible examples of children's measurable development from learning outside. With such benefits to offer, it's no wonder UW Botanic Gardens' Fiddleheads Forest School at the Arboretum is so popular!
Plant Answer Line: Quirky questions welcome
Our Gardening Answers Knowledgebase contains myriad questions and answers, from the mundane to the outlandish. To see some of the most unusual, just type "quirky" into the search box. You'll be rewarded with entries like this:
Are there
plants I can grow that will attract bats, and are there plants that are
bat-like in appearance?
 The organization Bats
Northwest recommends providing habitat (such as hollow trees and
snags). The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife has
information on bat houses you can build or purchase. More information can be
found at Bat Conservation International.
There are several plants that resemble
bats. Here are a few suggestions:
 Art Exhibit: Washington Native Plants
by Linda Stewart Henley
A new exhibit of watercolors by Linda Stewart Henley
will be on display in the Miller Library November 4th through December
2nd. These meditative paintings of Pacific Coast native plants, done mostly in situ, are
accompanied by field notes. Meet the artist at a free reception at the Library on
Friday, November 14th from 5:00 to 7:00 pm.
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