Nearby Nature library
Nearby Nature resources for teaching, presentations, and displays
The Master Gardener Volunteer Program teaches increasing access to plants, green spaces, and public landscapes to benefit the health & well-being of all members of our communities.
The Program Priorities Toolkit is a guide containing a wealth of information for teaching our nine program priorities, including a section on local food.
Nearby Nature presentation template
Download this PowerPoint template to customize your nearby nature presentation.
How to Use the PowerPoint presentation slide decks
Watch this short video by Caitlin May, WSU Extension Pierce County Master Gardener Program Coordinator, to learn how to effectively use the Extension Master Gardener branded PowerPoint slides. The video is about 9-minutes long.
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(The above sample lesson plan is for a class on growing tomatoes.)
Use this template to create your own lesson plan.
Zip file includes 16×20 posters for the following invasive insects:
- Spotted lantern fly
- Asian longhorned beetle
- Japanese beetle
- Brown marmorated stink bug
- Northern giant hornet
- Northern giant hornet vs. Western cicada killer
(University of Georgia) – please note you may download images but must attribute the work in the manner specified on the image pages (but not in any way that suggests endorsement).
Download a zip file filled with nearby nature graphics for use on social media.
Zoom backgrounds
To save background, click red “Download”, then right click on image and choose “Save image as” to your device.
Other helpful resources
Evaluations
coming soon Nearby Nature logic model (.pdf)
Nearby Nature survey (Qualtrics)
Short link to survey: bit.ly/EMGnature
Nearby Nature survey questions for review (.pdf)
Nearby Nature survey QR code (.png)
Nearby Nature survey half-page handout (.pdf)
How to calculate knowledge learned (.pdf)
Throughout this site there are links to documents of various file types. Please contact our Statewide Program Leader if you require this information in a different format.