Gardening Lab for Kids

A refreshing source of ideas to help your children learn to grow their own garden, this book encourages families to enjoy nature. It features 52 fun and creative plant-related activities set into weekly lessons.

A refreshing source of ideas to help your children learn to grow their own garden, this book encourages families to enjoy nature. It features 52 fun and creative plant-related activities set into weekly lessons.

UNIT 1: Garden Basics UNIT 2: Getting Started LAB 1: Seeds in a Bag LAB 2: Garden Design LAB 3: Planting Spring Seeds LAB 4: Egg Carton Seed Starting LAB 5: Make a Garden Tool Tote LAB 6: Garden Design Using Catalogs LAB 7: Make Your Own Seed Tape  LAB 8: Soil Percolation LAB 9: Make a Rain Gauge LAB 10: Make a Sprinkler LAB 11: Plant a Tree Unit 3: Theme Gardening LAB 12: Butterfly Garden LAB 13: Fairy Garden LAB 14: Three Sisters Garden LAB 15: Shoe Garden LAB 16: Tropical Porch Container LAB 17: Table Top Color Wheel LAB 18: Mini Pizza Garden LAB 19: Salsa Garden LAB 20: Herb Spiral LAB 21: Potato Tire Tower UNIT 4: Green Gardening LAB 22: Pollinator Palace LAB 23: Wee Worm Bin LAB 24: Toad Abode LAB 25: Rain Barrels LAB 26: Make a Compost Bin LAB 27: Make a Cold Frame LAB 28: Bug Scavenger Hunt LAB 29: Make a Bird Feeder LAB 30: Make a Desert Terrarium LAB 31: Nesting Material Apparatus UNIT 5: Garden Art LAB 32: Stepping Stones LAB 33: Wind Chimes LAB 34: Make Your Own Plant Labels LAB 35: Soup Can Luminaries LAB 36: Make a Sweet Pea Teepee LAB 37: Hypertufa Planter LAB 38: Make a Birdbath LAB 39: Playing with Pots LAB 40: Rock Bugs LAB 41: Clay Pot Water Fountain UNIT 6: Enjoying Your Garden LAB 42: Make a Garden Journal LAB 43: Garden Poetry LAB 44: A Place to Rest LAB 45: Grow a Garden Fort LAB 46: Sleepy Herb Sachets LAB 47: Make a Plant Press LAB 48: Grassy Garden Gnomes LAB 49: Flower Arrangement LAB 50: Garden Magnet LAB 51: Garden Gift Bag LAB 52: Seed Mosaic Note Card   Contributors About the Author Acknowledgments