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''A fun and accessible guide.'' --Let's Grow Veg
''Kids in the Garden is chock full of simple projects that can take place in your garden throughout the growing season.'' --Super Naturale
''An easy to follow guide to food gardening for children and their parents.'' --Natural Life
''Kids in the Garden is chock full of simple projects that can take place in your garden throughout the growing season.'' --Super Naturale
''An easy to follow guide to food gardening for children and their parents.'' --Natural Life
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Kids in the Garden is an accessible guide for children on how to grow and tend to the garden, packed with vibrant and fun ideas introducing children to green-fingered activities. Kids in the Garden is an easy and fun guide for children to use on their own or with adults, and encourages children to learn about gardening, healthy eating and caring for the environment. With easy to follow step-by-step instructions, with bright photography and fun illustrations. The book is aimed at children aged five upwards with adult supervision, then for older children up to 11 to complete on their own. The book features more than 50 projects, with full instructions on the materials needed, companion plants, saving resources, harvesting seasons, seeds, the water cycle and indoor gardens. There is also a section on wildlife, showing how to encourage animals into your garden, as well as how to make a mini pond, birdhouses, pest patrol, building a wormery, rescuing bees and ladybirds, and much more. The plants and vegetables featured include potatoes, tomatoes, pumpkins, peppers, herbs, strawberries, blueberries, sunflowers and many more. The recipes included are simple to make with the fresh produce and include; one pot jam, minty fizz and easy pizza sauce.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I have seen a lot of children's gardening books in my time. Many of them are very good and "Kids in the Garden" is up there with the best. This is what I particularly liked:
1) Using organic methods, reusing waste materials and taking account of "green" issues is incorporated into all aspects of the book without moralising or making a big deal of these matters. For example how to compost, mulch, save seeds and garden for wildlife are covered. A diversity of plants is also advocated such as growing different types of beans or tomatoes, etc.
2) There are some clever ideas - using a buried teapot to provide a home for bees and a planting plan for a square foot garden with a trellis are two I particularly liked.
3) The book is suitable for adults who work with children or for older children. The photos are bright and attractive, the layout clear and easy to read. My only gripe here is the omission of an index at the back of the book. There are facts and quizzes and jokes which all enhance the advice.
4) The projects are very doable. They are based around plants to grow and recipes in which to use them. For pre-school settings and schools who want to make the connection between the "plot and the plate" then this book is a "must buy". Snack time will never taste so good! A good example here is "beetroot brownies."
The whole book is a motivational read. It promotes gardening as interesting, enjoyable and doable by all. Time to don the gardening gloves and get going...
1) Using organic methods, reusing waste materials and taking account of "green" issues is incorporated into all aspects of the book without moralising or making a big deal of these matters. For example how to compost, mulch, save seeds and garden for wildlife are covered. A diversity of plants is also advocated such as growing different types of beans or tomatoes, etc.
2) There are some clever ideas - using a buried teapot to provide a home for bees and a planting plan for a square foot garden with a trellis are two I particularly liked.
3) The book is suitable for adults who work with children or for older children. The photos are bright and attractive, the layout clear and easy to read. My only gripe here is the omission of an index at the back of the book. There are facts and quizzes and jokes which all enhance the advice.
4) The projects are very doable. They are based around plants to grow and recipes in which to use them. For pre-school settings and schools who want to make the connection between the "plot and the plate" then this book is a "must buy". Snack time will never taste so good! A good example here is "beetroot brownies."
The whole book is a motivational read. It promotes gardening as interesting, enjoyable and doable by all. Time to don the gardening gloves and get going...
Format:Paperback
Really brilliant for getting kids going in the garden. Bought it for my seven year old, she loves it.
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2 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Great reference book!
18 July 2010
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This was a gift for our 13 year old vegetable gardener and he has greatly enjoyed the book. Very thorough explanations but fun, too! Great book!
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