- My First Garden - A helpful guide for children starting out with their very first garden. It includes plenty of tips about the basics, checklists, necessary items and planning guides.
- Easy Plants for Young Gardeners - Parents and kids can browse through this list of plants, seeds, herbs, fruits and veggies to decide what to plant in their garden. All the plants listed tend to grow quickly to ensure exciting results!
- Kids' Gardening Projects and Tutorials - These fun and easy animated tutorials will help kids grow different types of vegetables and other plants. The site also includes related projects, such as building worm farms and scarecrows, and online games and quizzes.
- Gardening Project Ideas for Kids - Try any of these great gardening ideas and suggestions for kids.
- Flower and Vegetable Planting Guide - This collection of planting and gardening guides make it easy to learn about different things you might want to add to your family's garden.
- Kiddie Terrariums - A terrarium is a type of very tiny garden that is grown inside a glass bowl! Some plants can survive in a closed container since they recycle their own air and water, while other plants need an open-top container. You can even decorate the terrarium with little toy animals or gnomes.
- Growing Indoor Plants - Growing plants indoors with kids can be fun and easy, no matter the weather.
- Growing Potatoes - The process of growing potatoes does not require a great deal of maintenance and is a great activity for kids! Do you think you might make your own French fries or baked potatoes with the harvest?
- Plant a Pizza Garden - Follow this guide to grow the ingredients needed for a very yummy pizza.
- Grow a Garden with Seed Tape - Seeds can be tricky to handle sometimes; they're so small and light that they might easily get lost or blown in the wind. Seed tape is a great way to keep track of all the seeds and perfectly control where they are placed.
- Crazy Colored Carnations - You already know that plants need water to survive, but did you know that pigments in the water can sometimes affect the color of the flowers? Try this easy experiment for some wild results!
- Grow a Herb Garden Indoors - Growing a herb garden inside the home can be fun an easy for kids and families.
- How to Force Bulbs to Grow - Children can learn how to mimic and fast-forward the effects of nature to cause bulbs to grow much faster than normal.
- Free Garden Markers Printable (PDF) - Download and print off garden markers. Kids can use them to identify their little seedlings.
- Carrot Experiments - Kids will learn a lot about carrots and general plant-related concepts, such as osmosis, propogation and the growth cycle with this series of gardening projects and science experiments based on carrots.
- Gardening Tips for Kids - Browse through the top ten list of fun plants for kids to grow and review the helpful tips before starting out with your garden.
- How to Plant a Tree - This page the simple steps of planting a tree.
- Plant a Salsa Garden (PDF) - Download this guide to learn how to grow all the plants you need to make salsa. It also includes a delicious recipe so that you can make a batch of home-made salsa after the plants have fully grown!
- Start a Compost Heap - Don't throw all of your garden clippings, dead leaves and similar waste matter into the trash! Recycle it back into the earth by starting a compost heap for a lovely pile of nutrient-rich soil.
- Garden Safety (PDF) - Gardening can be so much fun, but it's equally important that we are safe while we do it.
- Kids Gardening Activity Sheets and Coloring Books - Gardening coloring books and activities can bring the concepts of gardening to the forefront with young kids.
- Grow Beans in a Jar - This small and easy project is great for a rainy or winter day. You can even use the beans you grow in a delicious dish later on!
- The Process of Gardening - Learn how to plan and maintain your garden throughout the whole year for some excellent results.
This article was published by Chad Kremp
