Gardening for Pleasure & Beauty

Throughout this Power Point students will observe how families grow flowers for pleasure and beauty in their yards. They will view photographs of flowers

and plants that thrive in North Carolina.

Field Trip to a North Carolina Family Garden

Part II

Gardening for Pleasure

North Carolina families also garden for pleasure by planting flowers. This is different from the fruit and vegetable gardens that they plant. These gardens are full of plants with colorful blooms and greenery.

Day Lilies

Elephant Ear plant

Gladiola

Running Ivy

Gerber Daisy

Pansy

Petunia

Zinnia

Where did all of these pictures come from?

3: http://www.flickr.com/photos/sarahbelle1/2582614816/4: http://www.flickr.com/photos/mybloodyself/2707594457/5: http://www.flickr.com/photos/jedi58/1260559861/ 6: http://www.flickr.com/photos/29278394@N00/199206855/7: http://www.flickr.com/photos/chase_patterson/419487153/8:http://www.flickr.com/photos/destabee/132980222/ 9: http://www.flickr.com/photos/weaselmcfee/2654377347/10: http://www.flickr.com/photos/huckleberryblue/1537926933/

These photos appear in the Creative Commons and can be found at their original source under the following URLs (listed by slide number).