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Each month Gardener's Paradise features a fun section for children "Young Sprouts". Take some time to go through these pages with your children, read them the jokes and try some of the activities. Great way to spend some quality time with your children.

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Involve your children in gardening at an early age:
Set aside an area in your yard for your child to create his or her own garden. It will not only be a useful tool for teaching proper gardening techniques, but will also help them to develop a sense of responsability and experience the pride that comes with seeing their responsabilities through to completion.

Involve your child in shopping for the plants he or she would like to grow but keep in mind that you want them to experience success, so steer away from the more difficult varieties. "Beets, cherry tomatoes and sunflowers are easy to grow and hardy plants." --Bob Whitehead--

Take him or her out to buy a garden hat, some gloves and perhaps even some smaller sized garden tools. Many stores carry these child size versions today.

Your Cabbage Patch kids will learn proper techniques for caring for a garden, will learn some responsability; growing up with an appreciation for the environment.

What do you get when ants inhabit your garden?
Ants in your plants!

IDEAS FOR GARDENING WITH CHILDREN:

GARDENING WITH CHILDREN

"Show kids the toads and other creatures in the garden"  - Elaine of Zone 5

"Save some small milk cartons, cut off the tops, add potting soil and some flower seeds and watch them grow!" - Melody of Lewiston, ME

"My son has his own gardening tools (including wheel barrow, rake, shovel and more) and his own "garden" (which is really just a pot of potting soil and large rocks). We are both happy spending time in our gardens. " - Heather of Tacoma WA

"Reserve a section of the garden devoted specifically to what the kids grew from seeds in the house in the early spring. Gives them pride in seeing the whole growing process from seed to final product" - Fred of Raytown, MO

"Have a small little garden that is just for the kids. So while your out working on yours, they work on theirs. And they will be proud when there own plants grow" - Lillian of Plymouth, MA

"Children love, to water and they tend to put too much water on. I let my grand children use a household Collander and they love it." - Janice of Phoenix, Arizona

"Give your little one their own watering can, they love to help water the flowers" - Darlene of Boone,NC

"My 8 year old daughter helps me deadhead our numerous perennials. I can teach her the names of the flowers and we get an otherwise boring task finished faster" - Kris of Arizona

"Gardening with children is done best with TALL fences!" - Cheryl of Fort Wayne, Indiana

"My 18 month old grandson and our family made individual stepping stones! We each personalized our own, when they were dry, we spread them on a path through our cutting garden. It's beautiful!" - Robyn of Reading, PA

"Kids love to watch things grow, start your plants indoors and watch there faces as the plants pop through the soil" - Pamela of IL

"let kids plant seeds in cups and keep in their window, they really enjoy watching them grow!" - Margie of Lamar,AR

"Let your child have their own section of the garden. You'll be amazed how interested they become when it's their's." - Christy of Sylvester, Georgia

"Hummingbird/butterfly gardens are a great kids activity" - Betty of Budd Lake, NJ

"To get kids interested in watching seeds germinate without waiting so long, put some seeds in a washcloth & keep it damp. In no time, seeds will sprout, & they'll be anxious to put them in dirt next time" - Donna of Lake View, Iowa

"Use old Miracle Whip Jars for planting plants so that they can watch the roots grow at the same time they watch the plant grow. Put a 6 inch ruler at the side of the jar before adding the dirt so that they can see when the roots are growing and how much. I have done this project with my kids every summer for years. Now they have to do it every year." - Stan of IL

"Start an herb garden on the windowsill. The children can watch the herbs grow and you can make food tastier with fresh herbs" - Sherry of Blue Bell, PA

"My daughter is fond of amphibians, to make our garden frog and toad friendly, we added a small pond for them. We also placed empty pots on their sides so the frogs and toads had places to hide and burrow during the hot summer days." - Laura of Georgia

"When it's time to water the roses, my son likes to put his bathing suit on and play in the sprinkler so he gets wet as well as the roses" - Georgia of Galveston Texas, USA

"Teach a child how FUN it is to weed a garden! Why do it when your kids can?" - Melissa of Erie, PA

"Thunbergia alata is an ideal plant for children. As bees pollinate the flowers big round fruits develop. when they are riped they burst open and are spread all over. children can collect the big seeds, keep them for a few months and sow them inspring. in this way they can experience how seed-bearing plants reproduce from seed. Often the fire of curiosity for plants will remain for a life-time" - Svilen of Bulgaria

"Discuss beneficial insects with children. As an activity to accompany your talk, help kids build a lady bug house. Directions can be found on the internet, but any structure with course interior walls will do. You can purchase lady bug lures to attract them to your house or buy the bugs from your nursery. Other insects such as lace wings will be attracted to the lures, together with the lady bugs they will keep your garden pest free. Lady bugs and lace wings can each hundreds of aphids and other pests a day!" - Ame of Grandview, MO

"My daughter likes to learn about flowers that you can eat. She asks all kinds of questions about which are poisonous and is interested in the different parts. One of her favorite things to eat are rose petals. She just thinks it's the neatest thing that she can eat flowers. I am teaching her a little bit about preparing food with certain flowers now" - June of LA

"Create a small garden for your child, right next to yours! Help them plant what they want and teach them the responsibilities involved! Once it starts to grow, your child will feel a great accomplishment!" - Heather of Prince George, BC

"One thing that is really great to plant and grow with children are the bird's nest gourds.. they are sure to grow and make tons of gourds, then you can dry them and let them paint them for YOU to keep or give away to family members for presents...:)" - richard of Winfield IL

"start a miniture garden in a large water bottle so your children can see the plants grow and learn about what they planted. this way they are not overwelmed by the size" - julie of san diego

"My daughter really enjoys the sunflowers we plant every year" - Deanna of North Carolina

"When I plant my garden, my son who is 7 years old, helps by dropping the seed in each hole that I make. We look for worms and bugs in the dirt too so that he can learn to identify each species. :)" - Stacey of Pennsylvania Pa

"Have your child plant a bean seed" - tammy of deport tx

"Make sure they're wearing gloves if you've got a rose garden. :)" - Denise of Riverside, CA

"Have a section of your garden just for the kids to plant whatever they'd like" - Jocelyne of Moncton NB

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