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How Does Your Garden Grow?

What is a garden?

What plants need

How plants breathe

Plants get energy from the sun

Plant food factories

Nutritious Soil

Plants need a drink

Pesky Pests

Plant Pals

Pollinators

Budding Gardeners

Five things you can do to garden






Plants get energy from the sun.

Besides air, all green plants need sunlight. A special substance or thing called chlorophyll (KLOR-oh-fill) is found in plants’ leaves. Chlorophyll is what makes leaves green and allows plants to gather light from the sun, which gives them energy.

Make your own garden sun chart!

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