The Great Sunflower Project

Hi! I am a U of IL Extension, Rock Island County, Master Gardener. I work with a number of schools and was very excited about this project. Not only did I sign up, but I contacted the schools that I work with and so did they. I also talked with our County Director and he agreed to let me order seeds if I could find them and package them up for the 1600 school children that will go through our Master Gardener booth during Earth Week on April 18. Attached to the small plastic bag filled with 12 seeds, there will be a card attached with your web-site and directions for planting. It was ironic that our booth this year is on bees. It is our hope that they will contact you and sign up to help deliver data or if they do not have internet access, they will plant them - giving bees another source of food. I only found one source that carried the right sunflower seed - it is American Meadows at www.americanmeadows.com and they even know how many seeds there are in a pound!! Thank you for providing this terrific project and much success to you.