gardening for children

Contains thirty gardening projects, including growing herbs, a bird feeder, and plants for bees.

Learn to grow your own vegetables and herbs, attract awesome wildlife such as butterflies and bees, and be a green gardener with lots of recycling tips. Whether you've got a big vegetable patch or just a windowsill, you can grow all sorts of plants with this colourful RHS book. Packed full of easy-to-follow step-by-step activities, this book helps children learn about conservation, recycling and sustainability in simple, practical, and hands-on ways. They will build a mini nature reserve, turn old wellies into plant pots, grow fruit and vegetables that they can really eat, plant a bee-friendly space, create a ladybird sanctuary, and much more. Help nature with every activity and discover the joys of growing plants from seeds. So grab your potting mix and let's get gardening!.

Explains the concept of square foot gardening; provides suggestions for planning, building boxes and supports, planting, and spacing.

Provides the latest information about setting up a square foot garden, a growing method that is based on a grid of one-foot by one-foot squares which produces large yields with less space and less work.

Provides projects for readers to grow gradens with a magical or enchanted theme.

Features fifty-two activities for children that are centered around gardens and gardening.

Provides step-by-step instructions for projects readers can make for a garden, such as garden markers, a beaded wind chime, and a double-decker birdbath.

Provides illustrated, step-by-step instructions for kids to grow eight "monster" plants, including the squirting cucumber, the walking stick cabbage, the Venus flytrap, and others, and discussing where to find seeds and good spots to keep plants.

Offers children practical tips for creating different types of fairy gardens. Describes how to make miniature gardens, attract butterflies and hummingbirds, and add wind chimes and prisms. Features directions for throwing a fairy garden tea party, fairy lore, color photographs, and resources.

Presents photographs and step-by-step instructions for sixty gardening projects for children.