Want to try something really different in your garden? Or just have limited space for a garden? Grow UP and plant a vertical garden.
Vertical gardens are easy to maintain, take up very little space, and they really look unique! The vertical garden can be used as a privacy fence, or [...]

Whether you live in the country with lots of land or in the city with limited space, gardening with children is something everyone can enjoy! Children of all ages enjoy nurturing a garden to observe the miracles of regeneration and growth.
Gardening in wide open spaces, in containers, in small places, and in odd opportune [...]

There is just something so sweet and so simple about seeing a wayward plant growing in a sidewalk crack. It makes you stop, look at the plant, and appreciate its efforts. Beautify your sidewalks and plant a Crack Garden!
Crack Gardens are so easy to maintain and they look great. Children of all [...]

Surprise your kids with a little garden magic, and grow magic beans!
While gardens outside are starting to grow, here are two easy and fun garden activities that you can do with your kids indoors. These activities are a great way for kids to learn more about plants and how they grow, and it’s also [...]

“Earth laughs in flowers.”
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
Now is the perfect time of year for starting sunflowers in your garden. Children of all ages enjoy the anticipation of watching that first seedling appear, followed by the first sunflower!
Sunflowers (Helianthus) have a special appeal to children because they grow so quickly, and so tall. [...]

“”More grows in the garden than the gardener sows.”
~ Old Spanish Proverb
Gardening with kids is an enjoyable activity! When children have the opportunity to create their own pots using recyclable material and plant their own seeds, they enjoy gardening even more!
This activity also allows children to observe nature up close, and to help recycle [...]

Children of all ages enjoy growing strawberries!
The plants are easy to grow and the reward is like “berried” treasure!
Strawberry plants can be grown in a garden, in containers, or in hanging baskets. To make strawberry gardening managable for children, here are instructions to create a hanging basket strawberry patch!
Grow Strawberries
What You Will [...]

Want a really fun way to get your kids excited about gardening? Show them how to grow their own forts!
To help you get started, here are our favorite “green” forts to create:
Sunflower Forts – Children love to cultivate their fort and enjoy the unique shady retreat they have made. This is an easy [...]

Gardening with your children can be an enjoyable experience!
To help get your garden growing, we’ve created activities for you to use with your kids to help you enjoy a fun learning experience and memories of times spent together in your garden.
Grow memories. Grow gardens!
After planning your garden and choosing the plants you [...]

Gardening is relaxing, exciting, interesting… and educational!
With warmer weather upon us, now is a wonderful time to get outside and introduce your children to the many benefits of gardening. Children of all ages tune-in to the rhythms of nature when they plant their own garden. Gardening builds character through responsibility and patience. [...]