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Huntington Gardens Field Trip
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| A trip to the Huntington Gardens in San Marino will take us to the Herb Garden and we will take part in a program called "Discovering Plants". Here the students will engage in multi-sensory lessons with plants, developing an awareness of the way plants are intertwined with our daily lives. We will wear cotton t-shirts, wash with lavender soap, use toothpaste with stevia in it, and cook lamb with rosemary. We will also discuss the children's book Weslandia, by Paul Fleischman, which tells of a boy who creates a whole civilization from one plant. The plants and their uses, as well as a list of the vocabulary words we learned during our field trip, are listed below. |

Huntington Herb Garden
For more information about the Huntington Library and Gardens, visit their website. To view the pictures of our field trip, visit our Photo Gallery page. |
| Herbs and Their Uses |
| Herbs |
- Lavender
- Jojoba Oil
- Rosemary
- Lemon Grass
- Rose Hips
- Aloe Vera
- Mint
- Alpine Strawberry
- Lemon Verbena
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| Uses |
- Soap, perfume
- Cosmetic, shampoo, soap, bath oil
- Shampoo, cooking herb
- Lemon tea, cakes, cookies
- Source of Vitamin C
- Healing properties for sunburn, wounds
- Toothpaste, mouthwash, teas
- Cosmetic fragrances, chap stick
- Substitute for lemon flavoring
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| Vocabulary Words |
| Term |
- Cotton
- Extract
- Fiber
- Flower
- Fruit
- Herb
- Root
- Seed
- Shrub
- Tree
- Woody
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| Definition |
- Soft fibers attached to the seeds of the cotton plant
- A product made from the juice of a plant
- A natural strand that is woven into cloth
- A part of the plant that produces seeds
- The mature, ripened flower part containing a seed
- A non-woody plant valued for its medicinal or flavorful qualities
- The part of a plant that grows from a stem
- The part of a plant produced by a flower
- A low-growing, woody plant, usually with several stems
- A tall, woody plant, usually with one main stem
- Describes a plant that has a stiff stem made of wood
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