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Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne.
Horticultural Therapy Association of Victoria.
References used for this fact sheet
Children’s gardens, KinderGarden. More information here.- Parents’ Primer, KidsGardening.org, National Gardening Association, USA. More information here.
- Education at The Ian Potter Foundation Children's Garden, Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne, Australia. More information here.
- Gardening ideas, Nutrition in the Garden, Department of Horticultural Sciences, Texas A&M University, Texas USA. More information here.
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