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This month's garden treat: The winners below will receive book from the JMG Garden Library. Titles being given away this month inlcude: Quiet in the Garden, Budgie and Boo, Priscilla and the Hollyhocks, I Saw It in the Garden, & From Seed to Apple Tree. LaBrae Elementary School Leavittsburg, OH Gardeners of Fredericksburg Academy Fredericksburg, VA Intermediate School Caterpillars and Caterpillettes Ft. Stockton, TX San Jose Elementary Duval, FL *and JMG News Subscriber Kim "kvwin" in North Carolina   Each month we'll select a few registered JMG groups and a JMG News subscriber to receive a free, cool item just for fun and learning.	LaBrae Elementary JMGers The Junior Master Gardener Program at LaBrae Elementary School in Leavittsburg, Ohio is part of Mrs. Bollinger’s fourth grade science class.  Over 120 students take part in JMG sessions running from October to March and follow the JMG chapters and topics that include Plant Growth & Development,  Soils & Water,  Herbs & Seeds,  and Ecology & Environment Horticulture and others.  Mrs. Bollinger says, “I truly appreciate this program because it is an opportunity to have an outside source present information that makes connections within other subjects and information already introduced. It is so successful because it covers the Ohio standards for life science.” Recently the group completed a service project planting crabapple trees at the school’s playground. “Each of the 125 students took a turn with the trowel, hand hoe or rake to dig the hole,” says group leader Pat Fuller. “We reviewed lessons from the Soil and Water class to determine the soil type...” (read more) Nominate your group of kids as the National Junior Master Gardener Group of the Month.	know&grow JMG news: >>>Just in:  June 2011 School Gardening National News 2011 National JMG Awards International Master Gardener Conference in Charleston, WV this fall.  Click for more details on nominating a Junior Master Gardener youth or group.  Your class can win a complete set of 2010 Growing Good Kid Books with the Junkfood Blues Kid Video Contest Check out this month's School Gardening National News for more info.