Garden Projects for Kids

Clay has been working in our family garden since he was 2 and would take our friends and family around the backyard on garden tours. He would recite all of the vegetables growing and couldn't wait to pick all of the carrots. 


He is really helpful around the garden now and even has a garden of his own. It is fun to watch his excitement as a new flower blooms or sprouts emerge each day. He also loves watching the birds and squirrels as they find the sunflower seeds in the feeders or acorns on the ground.


We also found that giving him a corner of the yard that is his own to make puddles, grow his own flowers and vegetables, make forts and use his imagination has really made a difference in the way he interacts with nature in the backyard. He even came up with the idea to take a ride to Mercury in his spaceship (his playhouse, which is why he wanted to add the door/curtain). 


Maybe our backyard will even become a Certified Wildlife Habitat some day!


There are some really great resources out there for gardening with your kids. I also highly recommend Gardenheads Garden Camp (now enrolling for summer camp). Clay attends once a week and LOVES it!




Fun Projects


Pizza Garden

Garden Markers

Garden in a Shell

Fairy Garden

Plant a Rainbow

Butteryfly Garden


Pea, Cucumber or Scarlet Runner Bean Tunnel or Sunflower House






Books for Young Gardeners