Gardening Science

Best Gardening's Kids' Pages
Garden projects for kids who live in the Southern Hemisphere, as this site is in New Zealand.
Bottle Composting
Build a see-through compost pile in soda bottles. Easier to watch what goes on than in a bigger compost pile.
Camp Internet Global Garden Project
Understanding the Spring Equinox. Planting your spring garden. Planting by phases of the moon and more.
Canadian Gardening - Gardening with Kids
All sorts of projects and things to study while out in your garden.
Children in the garden
At the end of the day, (even though Mom had done 99% of the work...) we would always stand back, together, to admire how beautiful "OUR" garden looked!
The Edible Schoolyard: Lessons & Recipes NEW
Use our garden and kitchen, and classroom lessons and recipes to plan activities with students at home or at school. Download and print the Lesson Toolkit, which contains all the lessons in one document, or select individual lessons from the list.
Fibonacci Numbers and Nature
Look at the Fibonacci numbers and why they appear in various "family trees" and patterns of spirals of leaves and seeds. Why does nature like using Phi in so many plants?
Flower Pots With Ice Cream & "Dirt"
Perfect for that garden party when your garden is all in bloom and you've invited your friends over to see, serve them this treat!
Fun Projects
Long list of project ideas for young people with what they can do with their gardens and the plants produced there.
Gardener's Companion
Young and Old Farmers alike enjoy this site, with roots back to 1792. Linked to the Gardening for Beginners page.
Gardening in Containers
With some creative thinking and recycled materials from baskets to old shoes, kids can design special theme plantings, entice butterflies and other insect visitors, or create products such as hanging fragrance gardens or "patriotic" baskets to sell or donate.
Great Corn Adventure
Fun Flash site that will help you learn more about this abundant food crop.
Great Plant Escape
Six mysteries of the Green Life to solve while you acquire a green thumb.
Growing Bulbs
Fall is the time to get spring-blossoming bulbs in the ground. You'll know for sure that spring has arrived when the bulbs turn into flowers.
Grown in Washington
A magazine for kids to help them learn about agri-business and farm science.
Half-Barrel Pond Garden
Contrary to common sense, a half-barrel is not required to construct a half-barrel pond! Some people prefer to use a rigid plastic barrel line, which can be used with or without the half-barrel.
Hotbeds and Cold Frames
Have some old windows around? Turn them into a hotbed or a cold frame with directions here provided by the Purdue University Cooperative Extension Service.
How to Build a PVC Hoophouse
An unheated PVC hothouse can be a useful addition to the garden. A young girl and her parent show you how easy it is.
How To Grow A California Avocado House Plant
The seed of the avocado makes a lovely house plant. It will never bear fruit. The leaves are poisonous, so keep this away from pets and small children.
How to Make a Butterfly Garden
Offer them flowers with the nectar they prefer, provide the females with a place to lay eggs, puddles for drinking water, and warm rocks on which to sun themselves.
The Jug Heads
All it takes is a little water and sun to entice this family to put down roots in your backyard.
Miniature Garden for Children
How to make a little scene with living plants and toy house, fences and toy animals.
Plant Projects with Kids
Parents who want to develop kids' interest in gardening can begin with some plant projects that are just plain fun.
Skippy Terrarium
Best Foods recommends using an empty peanut butter jar to hold a plant and some ladybugs.
Soda Bottle Terrariums
Here's a fun messy project that will delight you for many days.
Spring Garden Projects
The following four crafts were all designed with kids in mind, emphasizing the fun of gardening, with drudgery strictly off-limits.
Stepping Stones
This is an activity that is tons of fun and a great avenue for creativity, but adult supervision is definitely needed.
Sweet Potato Vine
Place the sweet potato in a container of water. Keep the top 1/3 of the potato exposed by placing toothpicks into the sides. The pointed end should be down in the water. In a few weeks a vine with several stems will begin to sprout.
The Unencumbered Cucumber
The object here is to astound your friends with a little horticultural sleight of hand. They'll be in a pickle wondering how you managed to squeeze that great big vegetable through that skinny little bottleneck.
The Virtual Garden
Whether you're looking to design a new garden from scratch, or simply want to take a fresh approach to re-designing an existing garden, the virtual garden offers a user-friendly source of inspiration.
Window Boxes
Plan out your window box with this interactive site. You'll then knowhow it could look when you decide to build a real one.
Winter Gardening Activities for Kids
Here are some ideas from the American Association of Nurserymen to get you started thinking about indoor gardening projects for your family, scout troop, or other youth group. I'm sure you'll come up with others.
Dancing Flower Graphic from Sunny Bunniezz flower page.