This article describes a collaborative effort that included a botany professor, an art teacher, and a science teacher, called,"Plants, Pots, and Paints." This interdisciplinary project was successful in connecting content across disciplines (science to art) and for motivating fourth-and fifth-grade students to create something beautiful both they and the entire community could enjoy. Bulbs were chosen for this project because they are perennial, they bloom during the school year, and they can be "forced" to bloom in containers with proper cold treatment. Following instructions supplied with the bulbs, during October and November fourth-grade students planted an outdoor garden (an area of the schoolyard tilled by the district's building and grounds department) with crocus, iris, and daffodil bulbs purchased from a local garden center. Students were very motivated by their plant/art studies--and learning was enhanced in both subjects because of the integration. Having learned more about plants' form and function in science class, students applied that knowledge to their drawings. Also, after dissecting plants in science class, their drawings were more informed and detailed.