Know your weeds!

Wild Urban Plants of the Northeast: A field Guide by peter Del Tedici

This guide names the common urban volunteers and provides good images, cultural conditions (ie what the plants are indicating) and relative useful/noxiousness 
  

Nature Watch interpretative signs

Free interpretative signs from Nature Watch (US Forest Service) They are a bit biased towards the Western states but provide nice signs for the right situation at no design cost.

Partnerships which encourage outdoor exploration

Many partnerships for encouraging outdoor and conservation activities are developing. One of these is called Lets Go Outside . This site posts activities, career options and includes a place to post your images of your adventures.

School Yard design - first up...pollinators!

I have been looking at schoolyards since childhood. The childhood rolled into adulthood and a career in landscape architecture and still I am looking at school buildings and their sites. I have looked at schools from coast to coast and am struck by the paucity of learning opportunities present in the out of doors environment on most campuses. I think that rethinking how we approach sites where we educate our youngest is critical for many reasons, not the least of which is that we can make sites healthier than they are now.

This is an amazing time when resources are literally at the tip of your fingers via the internet. Since it is summer and there's a lot of pollinator activity naturally, I am putting a link to the Pollinator partnership. There is also a Pollinator Live! website with many resources for parents, teachers and kids.

Pollinator library of resources available!