There are several different kinds of gardening; plants, flowers, trees, fruits, herbs and more.
Gardening is very important to everyone because everyone needs to eat in order to stay alive.
A garden can be any size that you want it to be. You can have a box outside your window with a few plants in them or you can have acres of land as a garden.
Gardening can be done in different seasons, depending on your climate and where you live. Grown ups can grow a garden that will produce fresh vegetables to eat for dinner or to can or preserve so they can be eaten during the winter.
Children need to learn about gardening for several reasons; it can teach them where food can come from, it can teach them how plants grow from seeds to plants that produce, it can also teach them other things like patience as they watch the garden grow.
Gardening also gives the kids a chance to get outdoors and do something that is productive and fun.
Allow your child to go with you to buy supplies that are needed for their garden. You may even want to start them out in a pot or a box outside that they can plant a few plants in.
Some of the items you will need to purchase would be soil, seeds, hand held garden tools, a watering can and some fertilizer if needed.
Have your child read the directions on each package and notice how everything is grown differently.
For example, cucumbers are barely planted under the ground while carrots need to be planted deeper. Knowing the depth of each seed will ensure that your child’s garden will grow accurately and productive.
September 13th, 2008 at 4:49 am
Gardening can be a lot for fun for kids! You get to play with dirt and water while learning how to take care of something and watch it live and grow.
And of course, nothing beats harvesting fresh from the garden or off a tree.
September 22nd, 2008 at 12:11 pm
introducing kids into gardening is a good idea to improve their overall knowledge.
nice info.
October 3rd, 2008 at 2:30 pm
This year our young man really took an interest in working in our small raised-bed garden. He worked and worked and now we are enjoying some very nice tomatoes! We’re looking forward to more next year! John
October 16th, 2008 at 6:08 pm
Teaching my daughter about gardening was an wonderful experience. When she was a little child, she used to see me gardening, ad grew enthusiastic very curious about trees and plants, and even animals.
I had to give her own spaces for her little garden, and somehow her plants did always manage to out-grow my plants, maybe because she was too caring.
Thanks to gardening maybe, my daughter has grown up to become a botanist, and still loving trees and gardens and everything natural.
November 20th, 2008 at 2:38 pm
brilliant. is so great to encourage kids (and adults) to grow your own vegetables and so relatively easy, cheap, fun and useful!
December 22nd, 2008 at 7:53 pm
Great post!
It is funny that I found this blog, because I have been thinking of ways to get my son into gardening at a young age….I think I will start him off with a herb garden. What do you think?
Thanks for all the great gardening tips!
December 29th, 2008 at 7:57 pm
My mom taught me how to garden as a child. It’s a great mixture between science and work and teaches children to appreciate the food they eat because of the work that goes into it.
February 21st, 2009 at 2:10 am
right. kids should be encouraged to come outdoors for gardening. probably with proper guidance they will appreciate how to grow their own greens.
February 27th, 2009 at 3:39 pm
My daughter is 12 years. It very likes with a grandmother to be engaged in gardening. Daughter likes to look after as green-stuffs and flowers grow gradually. It is perfect. We with the wife of soviet to it.
March 31st, 2009 at 3:18 pm
The good thing is that the children will be more in contact with nature, and maybe they will be able to eat more vegetables!
June 18th, 2009 at 5:40 pm
its a good idea to promote gardening
October 17th, 2009 at 1:42 am
I want to make a garden in my house. maybe a small garden in the front,and a larger garden in the back. not only plant, i want to placed my pet in the garden. i have a couple of rabbit and 3 turtle. i think it will be a nice garden. but, it’s only my dream….
November 8th, 2009 at 12:46 pm
I think growing food (especially fruit) is a great way to instill a passion for gardening in a child.
I spent a lot of time with my grandmother when I was growing up. Grandma Annie was an avid gardener. She grew fruits, vegetables and flowers. All on a city lot. There were plants in the front, back and side yards. When she ran out of space in her yard, she’d come over to our house and plant her “extras” in our yard. Because of her, I grew up surrounded by beauty.
Grandma Annie tried to involve me in her gardening efforts but I was young and impatient. I didn’t have time to wait for a seed to grow into a plant.
I don’t understand how it happened, but somehow a seed was planted in me. Many years later, I became obsessed with plants. I started collecting pots of all sorts of things. I filled my apartment balcony with flowers.
I soon became dissatisfied with just growing things in pots. I had to have a plot of earth.
I talked my husband into building a house. Not so much because I wanted a house, but because I wanted a garden.
Once we moved in, I started planting like a maniac. I now have fruits, vegetables and flowers–all on a city lot. There are plants in my front, back and side yards. When I run out of space, I take my “extras” to the neighbors.
I live every day of my life surrounded by beauty. All because my Grandma Annie shared her love of gardening with me when I was a child.
I hadn’t thought about any of this in a long time. Thanks for a post that brought back so many happy memories.
December 18th, 2009 at 6:33 am
Nice Post, Gardening is the favorite, especially as adults but children must also be given a good lessons for gardening because will educate cultivate independence and their creativity.