Plan to Play in Your
Garden!
With Mothers’
Day approaching, make a plan to play in your garden with the young children in
your life on a sunny day this spring.
The simplest equation can lead to happy moments and lasting
memories: moms/grandmas/aunts + kids +
garden soil + seeds and sunshine = FUN!
As an added bonus, you should enjoy pretty flowers or fresh veggies in
months ahead.
Gardening with children is filled with “teachable moments” and also encourages
patience as they wait for sprouts to emerge and buds to form. Even after the fruit or flower forms, they
can observe the changes as each comes to fruition.
If you have a
small child, grandchild, young niece or nephew, I encourage you to devote a
small portion of your garden to those children and allow them “artistic
license” when planting… (straight rows are not required!)
I’d like to
share my recipe for FUN IN THE SUN, in honor of Mothers’ Day:
Ingredients
1 or 2 small
children
One small
plot of rich, loose soil** (use ribbon or yarn to mark off their garden)
**can use large container if garden space is unavailable
**can use large container if garden space is unavailable
Little garden
tools, hand trowels, shovels
Kid-sized
garden gloves (see photo)
Seeds or
small plants (or both!)
Small
watering can with water
Lots of love
Directions: Plant, play, giggle, get dirty, enjoy the
moment, enjoy the day!
M. Lynn Schmid, Certified Master Gardener
A.A.S. Landscape/Horticulture/Arboriculture
A.A.S. Landscape/Horticulture/Arboriculture
