Kids' Container Gardening: Year-Round Projects for Inside and Out

Kids' Container Gardening: Year-Round Projects for Inside and Out — page 5
A Few Words for Grown-ups about Gardening with Children Gardening gets you in touch with the earth It’s for the porch all are great ways to start Give children the supplies they need and then let them go Who cares if they get it right Plants are amazingly forgiving Even killing a plant can be an adventure and a learning experience And when kids do it well seeing something they planted themselves actually grow can be the beginning of a lifelong love and a source of memories for a lifetime Sharing this experience with someone makes a lasting impact not only on children but on your relationship with those children I’m sure you’ll agree it’s well worth the effort And it’s a lot of fun good for the soul It’s especially good for children who have so little control over their own daily lives Playing God in the garden and learning that our actions can affect the world around us is an important lesson to learn at any age Gardening with children in my opinion is also the best kind of quality time Ask anyone who gardened with a grandparent Watch the look on their face as they talk about their memories Ask your little ones if they’d like a garden of their own It doesn’t have to be big A garden in a martini glass a salad bowl a hanging basket xi n o i t c u d o r t n i