With spring in the air, this is a time is a good time to help your girls earn the Brownie Girl Scout Plants Try It badge. Taking care of plants and nature is an integral part of scouting. As part of the Girl Scout Law, Brownies promise to make the world a better place, and by planting food and flowers, they are fulfilling that promise.
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This would be a great opportunity to take a field trip to a local nursery or to have a florist or landscaper come and speak to the girls about plants and nature. A community service project that ties in perfectly with this patch is to plant flowers at the school you meet in or in a nearby park. It ties in beautifully with Earth Day on April 22nd.
There are many activities outlined in the Brownie Try It Handbook and in this article to Earn the Plants Try It badge.
Happy Spring!
My favorite plant to plant with my Daisy Troops
is the TickleMe Plant. The TickleMe Plant is a real house plant that moves and closes its fern like leaves when Tickled. I believe it teaches kids to be more sensitive to plants and nature.
I never heard of that plant before. I will have to look into it! Thank you for your comment!
The Brownie badge hot links here go to a laundry detergent shop…
Thank you for letting me know. The links were to a website where I wrote for seven years and then they changed the URL. I thought I had removed all of the old links. Many thanks for telling me’ the links have been removed.