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An African Window Garden

Age/Grade Level or Audience

Kindergarten and elementary school science classes; religious schools; 4-H clubs; Brownie and Cub Scouts; retirement homes; classes for the handicapped.

Description

Start a window garden of African plants.

Procedure

In a variety of pottery dishes, peat pots, or glass containers plant cuttings, slips, bulbs, or seeds of the following plants common to Africa:

acacia acanthus arum lily bamboo clivia coffee cowpea dieffenbachia eucalyptus fern flax gourd guava heather hemlock hibiscus hydrangea lantana laurel liana

mallow milkweed millet mint moss myrtle nettle okra oleander palm papyrus pepper philodendron pumpkin rose rubber tree sedge squash yam

Sources

Brown, Leslie, Africa: A Natural History, Random House, 1965.
Kingdon, Johnathan, Island Africa: The Evolution of AfricaÕs Rare Animals and Plants, Princeton University Press, 1989.

Alternative Applications

Create an African display with plants borrowed from local gardeners. Include massed sweet potato plants growing in water or dieffenbachia, fern, hibiscus, philodendron, aloe, or coffee plants. Add paper cutouts of butterflies, snakes, lizards, monkeys, and other animals native to Africa.