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I have tried to bring together information and ideas on gardening, growing, harvesting and recycling household items to build fun growing environments for kids.
There are kids gardening educational resources and ideas here, to try and help with school, home school and children’s gardening teaching.
Subjects from mathematics to English, through design and technology to business and finance and much more are covered below.
These are finished off with some comprehensive kids’ gardening frequently asked questions.
Kids gardening helps children develop muscle and motor skills, senses, reasoning, self-achievement and self-confidence whilst helping children begin to understand and appreciate nature and science culminating in harvesting and cooking the fruits of their labour and learning about healthy choices and a balanced diet.
WARNING: Allergies apply to plants too. Check allergies to any of these plants or seeds before making contact with them.
In this article topics include:
• FREE Kids Gardening Toy Ideas by Recycling Household Items
• Grow Plants from Food Leftovers or Scraps
• Plants for Kids’ Gardening That Are Easy to Grow
• Kids Gardening Edible Flowers & Herbs
• DIY Harvesting Seeds + VIDEO
• Kids Gardening Propagation + VIDEO
• Repelling Unwanted Pests
Kids’ Gardening Learning Expanded into Educational and Scientific Teaching Ideas
• Weights and Measures
• Kids Gardening Materials, Growing Mediums
• Kids Food Ingredients and Recipes
• History and Traditions of the Gardening and Growing Industry
• Children’s Gardening Survey Research and Data Presentation
• Develop a Kids Gardening Recipe, Cook, Film and Produce the Video
• Get Creative in Kids Gardening Design and Decoration
Kids Gardening by Subject:
• Maths, Mathematics or Math
• English
• Design and Technology
• Science
• Geography
• Technology
What containers can we grow plants in for kids gardening activities?
Recycle Cardboard Toilet Rolls as Plant Pots for Kids’ Gardening
Even old toilet rolls have a use.
1. Cut them into half or thirds.
2. Place them on a plate or flat surface that will hold water.
3. Fill them with compost.
4. Plant them with seeds or beans.
5. And wait for the shoots to grow on your windowsill.
Make a Kids’ Gardening Mini Greenhouse
A clear plastic egg carton can make a mini greenhouse using the eggcups as plant pots for compost and seeds or flowers.
A cardboard egg carton can be used just the same. Just cover it with a clear plastic bag and sit it on the windowsill.
Creative Drawing Fun for Kids in the Garden
The children could draw or paint insects and bugs on smooth stones and place them amongst your flowers.
Plants for Kids’ Gardening That Are Easy to Grow
Gardening is joy and life-long activity and hobby that encourages kids’ and big kids’ out into the garden and the great outdoors. The added benefit for child gardeners is that growing fruit and vegetables encourages kids to eat healthy food that they might otherwise not even try. I always find that my kids are inclined to eat food more if they are involved in cooking and baking it. The same goes for garden fruit and vegetables.
A Kids Gardening Tip to Get New Vegetables on The Menu
Choose kids plants that are easy to grow and you stand a good chance of them eating their own produce as they engage with the mucky side of gardening which results in the joy and excitement of kids’ gardening.
Kids Gardening Boosts Exercise, Fitness and Good Mental Health
Gardening is also a great source of exercise and has a happy and calming effect on willing participants!
• History
• Languages
FREE Kids Gardening Toy Ideas
Here are some free kids’ gardening toy ideas.
Kids Gardening Toys
Why not turn old toys into mini gardens and kids gardening toys by recycling kids toys and food waste.
Mobile Kids Gardening Pull-Along Carts
Take an old card and give it a new lease of life by filling it with compost and planting flowers or vegetables in the back. It then becomes a mobile garden!
Welly Fun Kids Gardening
Recycle some old children’s wellies by filling them with compost and growing flowers or herbs with the kids. You could hang the kids’ planter wellies on a fence or railing.
There’s a Hole in My Bucket Dear Liza!
No problem! Brocken, holey buckets are a treat for all manner of garden plants.
If it’s a big bucket – brilliant!
What could I grow in a big bucket – potatoes!
1. Just drop a couple of potatoes in the bottom of the bucket and watch them rocket away.
2. Only half fill the bucket to start and as the green shoots come up, begin to layer up the compost to cover the leaves until you reach the top of the bucket.
3. This layering helps produce more tubers or potatoes.
Old Plastic Bottles and Containers
• Reuse anything plastic that will hold water.
• Make sure they can stand up, cut off the top and fill them with compost.
• They can stand on the windowsill or outside.
