It’s Your World, Change It Daisy – Daisy Flower Garden

Basic DescriptionGirls learn about the Girl Scout Law through the Daisy Flower Garden

Various plants – each represents part of the law and different countries

• Daisy – white daisy
• Lupe – a blue lupine – honest and fair – Texas, Minnesota, Maine
• Sunny – yellow sunflower – friendly and helpful – Great Britain
• Zinni – spring green zinnia - considerate and caring - Mexico
• Tula – a red tulip – courageous and strong – Holland and Iran
• Mari – orange marigold – responsible for what she says and does – Africa and France
• Gloria – a purple morning glory – respects herself and others – California, South America and Asia
• Gerri – a magenta geranium – respects authority – Virginia and Greece
• Clover – green ground cover with white flowers – use resources wisely – all over the world
• Rosie – a rose – make the world a better place – native of America
• Vi – a violet-colored violet – a sister to every Girl Scout - Australia

It also incorporates Girl Scout traditions as the GS sign, handshake, and friendshipcircles.

What do they earn and how do they earn the Daisy Garden Journey Patches?

Watering Can Award

• Represents girls being responsible for what they say and do
• Earn it by taking care of their mini garden/group garden and beginning to understand the Promise and Law

Golden Honey Bee Award

• Represents taking action in a big or small way to make the world a better place
• Earn it by completing a planting or growing project in their community or with their troop

Amazing Daisy Award

• Represents knowing and living by the Promise and Law
• Earn it by making the Promise to live by the Law
• Normally earned at the closing party where they can say the Promise and Law from memory. Most of my girls earned this by month 6 of having meetings.

Petal ConnectionsOne suggestion would be that this Journey is combined with the completion of Petals during the first year of the Daisy program.

The Petals can be interspersed throughout the Journey really easily if you are organized. Troops can start by reading the story in the Journey book and as they complete the Journey book, spend time on each of the Petals. We did not have girls buy the journey book and just did them as a group at meetings.

*This could take more meetings than available so you might consider doing the Petals and Journey over 1-2 years.

Possible Field Trip and Community Partners

• Learn more about flowers by visiting
• Community or master gardeners
• Florists to see the types of plants discussed in the book
• Local nurseries or greenhouse
• Go to the botanic gardens (we did this)

Additional Ideas for Troop Meetings to complete this• Create a composting box• Promote recycling at troop meetings
• Tea or garden party at bridging or when girls complete journey• Plant mini-gardens to take care of at each meeting or one big garden that they take care of together.

• Use the origins of the flowers as inspiration and learn about other countries – learn the language (hello/goodbye), have someone visit your meeting from another country. You can tie this into World Thinking Day which is what we did.