Roots, Shoots, Buckets & Boots: Gardening Together with Children

Roots, Shoots, Buckets & Boots: Gardening Together with Children

Pizza Patches & Bean Tunnels: Kids’ Garden Projects to Cultivate Wonder

Here are 12 spirited, easy-to-implement ideas for theme gardens that parents and kids can grow together, connecting children to nature through gardening. Each project includes a plan and the planting recipe–as well as a “Discovery Walk,” activities and crafts to make with what you grow. And each is illustrated with author Sharon Lovejoy’s lyrical watercolors.

There’s the Pizza Patch, a giant-size wheel garden planted in “slices” of tomatoes, zucchini, oregano, and basil. A Flowery Maze to get lost in. A Moon Garden of night-blooming flowers, including a moonflower tent. And Mother Nature’s Medicine Chest.

Discovery Walks teach kids how the gardens work, and a chapter on gardening basics includes a child-friendly 10-Minute Plan for planting and maintenance, plus a list of the top 20 plants guaranteed to make gardeners out of kids.

Product details

• Publisher ‏ : ‎ Workman Kids; First Edition (May 1, 1999)
• Language ‏ : ‎ English
• Paperback ‏ : ‎ 176 pages
• ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0761110569
• ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0761110569
• Reading age ‏ : ‎ 3 – 8 years, from customers
• Grade level ‏ : ‎ Preschool – 5
• Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.5 pounds
• Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 1 x 0.5 x 9.25 inches
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