Feb 21 2010
Gardening for Kids
There are so many great ideas out there for gardening for kids. There are tools and books and plans and fairy gardens and — well, too many to get to all at once. So let’s start with a terrific book: Gardening Wizardry for Kids.
This is an amazing collection of more than 300 extraordinary experiments and projects with apple seeds, beans, potatoes, fruit pits, vegetables, herbs and everything that grows. It contains a glossary, reading list, full-color, how-to illustrations, and a bonus chapter that lists seed catalogs that kids can obtain from sources in the U.S. and Canada, mostly free.
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to see more of Gardening Wizardry for Kids.
There are wonderful websites:
Michigan 4H Children’s Garden Kids’ Tour
Then there are the bug gardens — worms and bugs and butterflies:
And finally, lots of ideas and tools for creating your own backyard garden with your children:
A few things to consider:
1. Start small.
2. Plan to work in small chunks of time.
3. The garden doesn’t have to be typical. Let your children plant what they like, even if it’s all one thing.
4. Don’t expect straight rows.
5. Even though small and atypical, the first garden is still a great place to learn.
For parents and grandparents, there’s nothing better than gardening for kids.