Gardening with Kids
Engendering a love of gardening in your grandchildren surely can’t be wrong. Eating what you have grown or watching new blossoms emerge in the spring are part of the joys of life.
Below are a number of websites from which you might find inspiration and guidance to getting the most out of the gardening with children experience.
New site suggestions are always welcome.
I am so pleased to see many schools around the world encouraging and supporting children to grow their own fruit and veges. Knowing where your food comes from – and how much work it takes to produce – increases appreciation of all those who dedicate their lives to providing great quality and consistent supply of fruit and vegetables.
Some extra gardening equipment might be needed, especially for little ones, to really get into the activity, including; children’s sized garden gloves, ‘play’ clothes that the parents won’t mind get dirty or stained, small gardening equipment, pots for them to plant edible seedlings and patience as they learn that dirt shouldn’t come in the house. Have fun!
- Kids Gardening
- Gardening with Kids
- No Dig Vegetable Garden
- Kids Guide to Planting a Flower Garden
- Flower Garden Resources For Kids (a new link shared by Sarah M – thank you!)
- Bug Facts
- Gardens and Grasshoppers: Kids Guide to Insects
- Gardening 4 Kids
- Garden Greenies
- Edible School Gardens
- Creating Edible Gardens for Children
- Home Garden Improvements (as kindly suggested by Girl Scouts based in California who have been researching for their ‘Gardener’ badge – well done and thanks)
- Building your own home garden (a wonderful suggestion by Kayla, President of her school garden club – many thanks Kayla!)
- Beginning Home Gardening Guide (thank you to Bella for suggesting this excellent resource)
- Backyard money saver – a guide to growing your own food (a big thank you to Madison for this new link – wishing you well on your presentation for Community Garden for Earth Day!)
