April is National Gardening Month
Categories: Local Interest , Home & Gardening , Parenting & Families , Children's Books
April is National Gardening Month- the perfect time to plan and dream and let your inner gardener run wild.
This year’s theme is GROW: When you Garden, You Grow. And, the campaign has great resources for kids. Studies show the impact of gardening on children’s health and well-being, their attitudes towards learning and the environment, and their connections to community. Plus, it’s a great activity for the whole family.
Considering giving family gardening a go? It might be fun to start with a visit to the Cincinnati Flower Show at Coney Island April 21-29, Zoo Blooms presented by the Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Gardens April 6-29, or with some great resources from our collection.
How to’s
- Kid’s Container Gardening: year-round projects for inside and out.
- The Kids Can Press Jumbo Book of Gardening is a one stop resource with everything you need to know to get started.
- Gardening Wizardry for Kids contains more than 300 projects for indoor and outdoor gardens.
- Container Gardening for Kids offers 18 time-tested, proven projects gleaned from the author's experience as director of "The Good Earth Kids' Club."
- Little Green Thumbs has indoor gardening ideas for every season
Or, a picture book to share:
- Up, Down, and Around is Katherine Ayres newest children’s book. Follow nature's course from seeds in a garden to a final feast of backyard bounty!
- Busy in the Garden is chock full of garden poetry for children. Zucchini meeny miney moe. Plant a seed and watch it grow!
- Flora’s Surprise is a gardening story with an unexpected ending.
- Growing Vegetable Soup and Planting a Rainbow are spring classics by bestselling author and illustrator Lois Ehlert.
