You can enjoy a simple garden and wildflowers homeschool nature study with these resources we have gathered for you to use in your own backyard. It is such a delight to study and learn about a garden and the beauty of wildflowers!
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The Ultimate List of Garden and Wildflowers Homeschool Nature Study Using the Outdoor Hour Challenges
NOTE: If the challenge is included an Outdoor Hour Challenge Curriculum ebook in Homeschool Nature Study Membership, it is noted directly after the challenge. If you have a membership, you will be able to pull up the ebook and print any notebook pages, coloring pages, or other printables for your nature study.
- Autumn Apples – Autumn
- Bachelor’s Buttons – Summer Continues
- Bee Larkspur/Delphinium – Summer Continues
- Black Eyed Susans – More Nature Study Summer
- Black Swallowtail – Spring Continues
- Bleeding Hearts – Winter Continues
- Blue Flag Iris – More Nature Study Spring
- Crocus – Winter
- Daisy – More Nature Study Summer
- Daffodil – Winter
- Earthworms – Spring
- Geranium – Spring Continues
- Monarch Butterfly – More Nature Study Summer
- Nasturtiums – Spring Continues
- Pansy – More Nature Study Winter
- Pears – More Nature Study Autumn
- Petunias – Spring Continues
- Robins – More Nature Study Spring
- Salvia – Autumn Continues
- Snails – More Nature Study Spring
- Sunflowers
- Sweet Peas – More Nature Study Spring
- Tulip – Winter
- Violets – Winter Continues
Outdoor Hour Challenge Wildflower Nature Study
These challenges can be found in Homeschool Nature Study membership.
- Wild Mustard and Wild Radish
- Shooting Stars
- Lupine
- Purple Chinese Houses
- Yarrow
- Henbit
- Cow Parsnip
- Columbine
- Chicory
- Cocklebur
- Fireweed
- Salsify
- Forget-Me-Not
- Paintbrush
- Common Silverweed
Homeschool Nature Study: Wildflower and Weed Challenges
- Azalea – Forest Fun
- Bitterbrush – High Desert
- Bloodroot – Winter Continues
- Bluets – Spring Continues
- Burdock – Autumn Continues
- Buttercups – More Nature Study Spring
- Cattails Spring Observations – Spring
- Cattails Summer Observations – Summer
- Cattails Winter Observations – Winter
- Chicory – Wildflowers Continue
- Cocklebur – Wildflowers Continue
- Columbine – Wildflowers Continue
- Common Silverweed – More Wildflowers
- Cow Parsnip – Wildflowers Continue
- Dandelions – Spring course (Here is an example of a Dandelion Outdoor Hour!)
- Dodder – More Nature Study Spring
- Dutchman’s Breeches – Winter Continues
- Evening Primrose – Summer
- Fern – More Nature Study Spring
- Field Horsetail – Autumn
- Fireweed – More Wildflowers
- Forget-Me-Nots – More Wildflowers
- Hedge Bindweed – More Nature Study Spring
- Henbit – Wildflowers Continue
- Hepatica – Winter Continues
- Jack in the Pulpit – Spring Continues
- Jewelweed – Autumn 2015
- Lupine – Wildflowers
- May Apple – Spring Continues
- Milkweed –More Nature Study Autumn
- Mullein – More Nature Study Winter
- Mustard and Radish (wild) – Wildflowers
- Paintbrush – More Wildflowers
- Pearly Everlasting – Summer Continues
- Poison Oak – Creepy Things
- Pondweed – More Nature Study Summer
- Poppies – More Nature Study Spring
- Prickly Lettuce – Autumn
- Purple Chinese Houses – Wildflowers
- Queen Anne’s Lace Autumn Observations – Autumn
- Queen Anne’s Lace Summer Observations – Summer
- Rabbitbrush – Forest Fun
- Big Sagebrush – High Desert
- Salsify – More Wildflowers
- Shooting Stars – Wildflowers
- Skunk Cabbage – Forest Fun
- Snowberry (shrub) – High Desert
- Squirrel Corn – Winter Continues
- Teasel – Autumn Continues
- Thistles – More Nature Study Autumn
- Trillium – Spring Continues
- Vine Study – More Nature Study Spring
- White Water Lily – Summer Continues
- Winter Berries – Autumn Continues
- Winter Weeds – Winter Wednesday and More Winter
- Yarrow – Wildflowers
- Yellow Adder’s Tongue – Spring Continues
- Yellow Ladies Slipper – Spring Continues
- Crop Plants – Clover
- Crop Plants – Beans
- Crop Plants – Corn
- Crop Plants – Cotton
- Crop Plants – Strawberries
- Crop Plants – Pumpkins
- Crop Plants – Tomatoes
Join The Homeschool Nature Study Membership for Year Round Support
Can you believe all of these garden and wildflowers resources you will find in membership? You will also find a continuing series on gardens and wildflowers plus all the Outdoor Hour Challenges for nature study in our Homeschool Nature Study membership. There are 25+ continuing courses with matching Outdoor Hour curriculum that will bring the Handbook of Nature Study to life in your homeschool! In addition, there is an interactive monthly calendar with daily nature study prompt – all at your fingertips!
first published January 2011 by Barb, updated by Tricia March 2022
