Featured Activity
Capture digital images of bulbs and other flowers using an ordinary scanner and personal computer. Use imaging programs to turn scans into art for webpages, cards, calendars, posters and fund-raising activities.
Bulb Picture
Grad student Chad Miller researches calla lilies and other bulbs. Read More
Bulb Quote
Welcome to the Bulb Project
Activities: Creative plans for educators.
Growing Bulbs: How-to information.
Resources: Additional information to help you plan and execute your bulb activities.
Retail partners: Information for bulb project collaborators.
Share ideas: Read how others have used these activities, and contribute your own ideas.
Inspired by Bulbs! Grant Opportunity
Application deadline: July 3.
Tell us how your school or organization will use flower bulbs creatively in educational programs with children and youth.
The 10 best applicants will receive $250-worth of bulbs for their programs.
More information
This site features creative projects to help educators share the joys of growing flower bulbs with children and youth, and use bulbs to help teach science, art, history and other subjects.
The activities can be used in many settings, including the classroom, after-school programs, home schooling, 4-H, community projects and other formal in informal educational settings.
We also include resources to help you forge partnerships with local retailers and garden centers who can share their expertise and serve as a source of flower bulbs for you project. (There are also resources to help retail partners publicize their collaborations.)
We also invite you to share your experiences with these activities and contribute new ideas for how to use bulbs in various educational settings through the site's blog, and read how others have used the activities. Click on the Interact link for each activity and resource to read more.
Tuber Talk
06/28/2009
The deadline for the Inspired by Bulbs grant applications is coming up fast: July 3. There’s still time to get your application in. Find ...
06/21/2009
If you’re considering building a bulb labyrinth — but you’re a tad overwhelmed by the scale of the Cornell bulb labyrinth — ...
05/17/2009
Below is a digital scan I made of some late-season tulips from my garden. (Click on the image for a full-screen view.) All it takes is an ordinary ...
05/10/2009
Last fall, we reported about an ambitious project by students in Dr. Bill Miller’s herbaceous perennials class at Cornell University to plant a ...
04/26/2009
Tell us how your school or organization will use flower bulbs creatively in educational programs with children and youth. The 10 best applicants ...