For parents struggling to find ways to encourage their kids to eat a healthy and balanced diet, gardening can be an important tool. Don’t let the idea overwhelm you. Gardening doesn’t require a ...

It’s almost spring! Are you excited to start a garden with your kids? Or at least teach your kids about gardening? Then, these gardening books for toddlers, preschoolers, and elementary age kids will ...

Some of my earliest childhood memories are helping my dad out in our garden. Growing up in South Florida, our backyard was filled with tropical fruit trees, bananas, orchids, and ferns galore. When I ...

Lessons learned in the garden can grow immeasurably for children as a portal into the natural world. Take it from a Spokane gardener who has helped kids harvest plant-based knowledge for 15 years. Sue ...

Q: Do you have suggestions for how to get my grandchildren interested in gardening? I’m blessed with three; the oldest is seven and the youngest is three. They all live in the city so they don’t have ...

If you’re gardening with kids, get ready to get messy. And I mean that both literally and figuratively. Kids love to get dirty and so introducing them to directed dirt digging will thrill the little ...

Gardening provides the perfect opportunity to engage children of all ages with an activity with significant physical and mental impacts. Kids are naturally drawn to digging in the dirt. So getting ...

Gardening with children is one of the simplest ways to connect them with nature and with you. Beyond the flowers and vegetables, kids grow patience, curiosity, and pride in what ...

Illahee Elementary School students gloved up and spent some quality time in nature during Friday morning recess.

Grow beetroot at home with children this November. A fun, easy gardening activity that teaches kids about nature, care, and ...

Mud? Check. Sunshine? Check. Water? Check. Bugs? Check. What child doesn't like to play in the dirt, smell flowers and eat tomatoes right off the vine? It's as if gardening was invented for kids.