“The plants that are closest to you are those from your childhood; those are the ones you truly love…” – V.S. Naipaul
Childhood is the perfect time for children to play in a garden. For centuries, children of all ages have amused themselves with the leaves, flowers, roots, stems, seeds, and the fruits of plants. All the sights, sounds, smells, tastes, and textures of a garden remain in memory, long into adulthood.
Our newsletter for May was just mailed to our subscribers – some of the activites and adventures included in this newsletter are listed below.
Grow memories… grow gardens…
Old-Fashioned Garden Games and Toys – We’ve gathered our favorite toys and games that can be made out of flowers and plants, and have included the directions on how to make them. Not only will you learn how to make unique garden playthings, you will also be making memories with your children.
Unique Plant Markers – Creative ideas for marking the plants in your garden! Fun for kids and adults.
Beaded Planting Guide – Our beaded planting guide is fun and easy to create, and makes planting kid-friendly!
Rose Sherbet – Make a delicious rose sherbet from the roses in your garden! Children of all ages love to prepare this sweet treat.
Candied Flowers – Stop and eat the roses! Make candied flower petals with your kids.
Clay Seed Pots – Make clay seed pots to save the seeds from your garden for replanting next year!
Sunflower Forts – Grow your own playfort! Children absolutely love having a cool summer for to play in – now you can grow your own!
Garden Tunnel – Make a shady play tunnel in your garden. Fun for kids of all ages to crawl through.
Fairy or Elf Garden – Create a miniature garden just for kids to play in! Perfect for fairies and elves and other wee creatures.
Garden Toad Abode – Invite toads to your garden by making this special home for them!
Fun Gardening Books to Share with Children
101 Kid-Friendly Plants: Fun Plants and Family Garden Projects – This book includes gardening projects, information, and illustrations to help families create beautiful gardens together.
Gardening Wizardry for Kids – Learn about plants through more than 300 experiments and projects that use things that grow in your yard and garden. Also includes important history facts and fascinating folklore.
The Tree Book for Kids and Their Grown Ups – From the acclaimed Brooklyn Botanic Garden, this book features 33 different trees that grow in North America. Each tree includes watercolor illustrations and information about the tree.
Mr. Goethe’s Garden – This beautifully illustrated picture book tells the story of a unique friendship between an inquisitive young girl and her neighbor. She visits her neighbor in a well-tended garden where he teaches her to draw and to observe the world of nature.
The Flower Alphabet Book – This unique alphabet book includes information about flowers from A to Z. Includes which flowers can be made into dolls, which flowers flavor tea, and much more.
Designs for Coloring – Flowers and Designs for Coloring – More Flowers – These coloring books provide hours of imaginative and creative fun! Created by award-winning artist/designer, Ruth Heller.
Color Your Own Flower Seed Packet Illustrations – Gardening enthusiasts of all ages are invited to add their own brilliant hues to the drawings in this book of early-twentieth-century flower seed packets.
Fun Gardening Products for Families
WonderSoil Gardening Kit – This seed starting kit is perfect for families! The WonderSoil wafers help seeds sprout in just 4-5 days.
The Gardener’s Color Wheel – Art in the garden! This color wheel is a fun tool to use when planning a flower garden or arranging cut flowers. Includes a booklet that explains the relationships between colors, principles of contrast and harmony, and the meaning and uses of tints, tones, and shades.
Thames & Kosmos Little Labs – Plants – A perfect science kit for young children to learn all about the life of plants.
Flower Press Kit – This kit is easy to use, and allows you to preserve the flowers grown in your garden.
Grow Your Own Ginkgo Tree and Grow Your Own Apple Tree – These kits include everything you need to grow your own tree! A fun way for kids to observe the growth of a tree.
Banana Bonanza, Sprout ‘n Grow Greenhouse – Grow a banana tree! This plant grows 1 foot in the first month! A fast growing plant, sure to please kids of all ages.
The Garden Game – This game is a joyful and inspiring board game about gardening for food and for fun. A celebration of cultivation for all seasons and for all ages.
Puzzellations – In the Garden and Puzzellations – In the Garden Too – These tessellation puzzles stimulate mathematical and creative thinking skills, and are fun for all ages.
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