A great activity is a field trip or family trip to your state botanical garden!  One day in January we went to Athens, Georgia, to the State Botanical Garden of Georgia. 

It's a two hour drive from Newnan to Athens.  We arrived midmorning to find Ms. Hood, Education Coordinator, presenting a puppet show on what plants need to grow and stay healthy.

Later, we met Ms. Shenk, Education Director of the Gardens, who took us into the bog garden and told us about the varieties of pitcher plants growing in the bog.   She cut several pitchers for us to take home and dissect.

We spent the rest of the morning taking pictures of potted pitcher plants and other plants in the green house.  You can see many of our pictures in our photo gallery.   A day or so later, we dissected the pitchers and found many interesting things.  

We missed a day of school for this trip but it was worth it.  Our day at the gardens and the experts we met helped us tremendously with this project.   We recommend that you go to your state botanical gardens for a fun day.

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