"Kids Gardening for healthy families!"

Introduce kids gardening to the family schedule and you'll never look back. Some of my happiest personal moments have been while gardening with my children and grandchildren.

Unless you want to create a particular theme for your children's garden, simply scale everything down according to their age and size!

There are a number of supplies you will need before launching into kids gardening projects.

A few basic gardening clothes:

protective gloves
protective boots
old clothes

Child size tools:

a trowel
spade
fork
rake
watering can with rosette fitting.

Accessories: Not needed but will make life more bearable!

wheelbarrow
Adult size gardeners apron to carry seed packets, hand tools etc:
basket to colect veggies - this will be needed later.

Particular project materials: - list the materials you need

e.g.

seeds
plants
bulbs
rocks
tomato canes
row markers


You'll find some great kids gardening ideas on these pages......

Growing Gourds:

If already have a supply of gourds, dry a few and keep until next spring in a dark dry place. Then cut open the gourds and carefully remove the seeds. Plant the seed in seed compost about 1 inch deep. Water well and keep warm.

For full article click here Growing Gourds

Kids Gardening Projects:

As far as you can, choose seed types that germinate fairly quickly. Hopefully you may have started off some seeds indoors earlier in the spring with your child, and these plants will make a great start to the garden.

For full article click here Kids Gardening Projects

Outdoor Games:

All you need is a box of fat chalks and a few square metres of concrete/patio area outside, and you can play a number of outdoor games on your own or with friends.

For full article click here Outdoor Games


Home Garden Party

Treat your friends and family to a completely organic home garden party - any time of year!

For full article click here Home Garden Party

Sunflowers are wonderful and very majestic flowers to grow in your garden. Children love them, and they are fairly easily grown. If your garden is in a windy spot, it's probably best to choose a shorter growing variety, but.....

For full article click here Growing Sunflowers

Growing Pumpkin:

Growing pumpkin for halloween is the best way to get kids interested in the garden. Get them involved if you can.

For full article click here Growing Pumpkin

Courgettes:

Growing courgettes, or zuchini as they are known in some parts of the world, couldn't be easier. They grow prolifically once you get them going and it will be hard to keep up with your crops! They grow quickly so a great crop for children to grow.

For full article click here Growing Courgettes


Lettuce:

An excellent crop for children to grow. There are hundreds of varieties and they don't even need cooking!

For full article click here Growing Lettuce

Children's garden tools:

The gardening industry doesn't promote children's gardening as much as it could. It would be nice if some of the larger companies encouraged kids into their gardens and outdoor spaces a lot more.

For full article click here Kids Gardening Tools

Grow Your Own Veggies:

Give your 'budding gardener' friends a unique and personal gift this season...Find out more here...

P.S. Many thanks to Lillie for this great kids gardening page: ...Kids in the Garden

Happy Gardening!

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