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Caring for Plants and Watching Them Grow
Caring for plants and watching them grow leaves kids with a sense of pride and accomplishment. There are many ways to teach kids how to care for...
Community Garden: A Plant For Every Personality
Tired of the same mundane routines each day? Tired of seeing the kids spending so much time playing video games sending text messages, or surfing the...
Easy to Grow Plants and Flowers
Children love plants. They love to grow them, which gives them an excuse to play in dirt, something else kids love. But what types of plants and flowers are good for...
Fun Facts About Flowering Plants
From herbaceous borders to indoor vases, flowers are everywhere, but while they themselves may be familiar sights, some aspects of their lives are a lot less well...
Growing a Tree
Growing trees can provide kids with the opportunity to plant and care for their own tree and watch it grow for years to come. They can also learn about the different...
Growing Fruit
Growing fruit with children offers a unique chance to teach them about the importance of healthy foods and nutrition. The only downside to growing fruit is that it takes...
Growing Herbs
Herbs are filled with rich histories. They’re extremely adaptable and have a variety of uses in the garden and elsewhere. Herbs also offer kids a unique learning tool...
Planting Summer Bulbs With Children
Talk about garden bulbs and most people instantly tend to think of spring flowers such as snow drops, crocuses and daffodils, but the range of summer bulbs is every...
Plants for Free
As every gardener, young or old, knows all too well, buying plants can end up being very expensive. While there’ll always be plenty of things that you will need to...
Plants to Avoid in the Garden
While we all like to think of our garden as a safe and secure place, and although most of the plants we commonly grow are no danger to us or our children, there are...
Questionnaire: Do You Know the Plants to Avoid in the Kids Garden?
Everyone knows that there are plants you need to be careful of, especially around kids – the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) listing more than 60...
Setting Up a Greenhouse With Your Child
In a similar fashion to introducing your child to gardening, by encouraging them to set up a greenhouse with you, it will enable them to gain...
Strange and Funny Plants
Whether its to attract pollinators or to repel predators, in order for plants to survive in nature, they must adapt to their surroundings. As a result, some plants have...
Taking Simple Cuttings
There’s nothing quite like growing your own plants, and for most kids, that means sowing seeds or planting bulbs. Learning how to take cuttings properly, however,...
Teach Kids About Planting With Seeds and Bulbs
Just like people, seeds and bulbs have needs that must be met in order for them to thrive and grow. Show kids a variety of seeds and bulbs,...
The Kids Vegetable Garden
Kids are intrigued with nature and will often welcome the idea of creating a garden of their very own, especially a vegetable garden. Vegetable gardens give kids the...
What Makes Things Grow?
One of the most common questions that children ask especially when it comes to plants and flowers is ‘What makes them grow?’. It’s a question that has many different...
