Children love to dig in the dirt and gardening will teach them many valuable lessons while they do it.
Through the eyes of your grandchildren the birds and bugs in the garden becomes a lesson in biology - when they ask "why" and you take the time to answer. And growing seeds becomes a scientific experiment with the details they will learn according to their age. 
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What to plant so that your grandchildren will stay interested in the garden?
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You can plant 'things we can eat' and 'flowers we can pick'. Cherry tomatoes grow well in pots and produce lots of little tomatoes that are fun watch them grow and ripen ready to pick and eat.
Flowers that are easy to grow are pansies - they bloom profusely and love to be picked! Another thing I like about pansies is that they press well and therefore can be used for many crafts. How cool is that? Using flowers you grew in your own garden with Grandma!
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I Love Dirt!: 52 Activities to Help You and Your Kids Discover the Wonders of Nature
Amazon Price: $10.98 (as of 07/10/2009)
Oh, what fun a child can have by jumping in mud puddles, collecting bugs, and listening to the birds! And yet, many children today have become so occupied with TV, computers, and video games, that unstructured, outdoor play is sadly becoming a thing of the past.
I Love Dirt! is a call to parents, educators, and caregivers to help children recover one of the great joys of childhood. Through fifty-two activities, readers will find a wealth of creative ways to actively engage children, ages four to nine, in nature.
It will be Fun Growing these Flowers
Heirloom Sunflower Seeds Flash Blend Certified Organic 85 Seeds
Amazon Price: $2.35 (as of 07/10/2009)
List Price: $2.39
# Heirloom seeds handed down for generations.
# If you love sunflowers, but can't decide on any one variety, this mix has it all!
# Eenjoy brilliant colors with a flash of white.
# An annual that blooms late summer to fall, in full sun.
Offers 17 different gardening projects with kids in mind
Kids Container Gardening : Year-Round Projects for Inside and Out
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Perfect for urban kids without outdoor green space of their own. Color photos show kids ranging from tots to teens potting and planting.
A Child's Garden
A Child's Garden: 60 Ideas to Make Any Garden Come Alive for Children (Archetype Press Books)
Amazon Price: $13.57 (as of 07/10/2009)
List Price: $19.95
A Child's Garden will draw parents into their children's timeless, carefree world and perhaps back to a time when they themselves explored streams, played in the sand, studied bugs, and roamed without agenda.
Crafts from Nature - from your garden
Nature's Art Box: From t-shirts to twig baskets, 65 cool projects for crafty kids to make with natural materials you can find anywhere
Amazon Price: $11.53 (as of 07/10/2009)
A great resource for crafters of all ages and abilities.
An Excerpt: Painting What Where and When How to Use Viola and Pansy Great plants to grow for many crafts. Violas look like small pansies. Viola and pansy blossoms come ..."
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Mini-Garden Stacker- Stackable/Hangable All Season Planter- Indoor/Outdoor Stacking Flower Pot- Great Gardening Gift Idea For A Gardener - Color: Tuscany
Amazon Price: $34.95 (as of 07/10/2009)
A cascade of colorful flowers, tasty herbs, strawberry patch or tomato patch beautifully displayed in a planter that can be easily rolled indoors or outdoors as the weather changes.
Have the right tools for your Grandchildren - that is half the fun!
ToySmith Garden Tote with Tools
Amazon Price: $11.89 (as of 07/10/2009)
List Price: $14.99
Perfect for aspiring young gardeners! This quality canvas tote comes with three 8" sturdy garden hand tools: a trowel, rake and shovel. Decorated with a friendly frog and ladybug, this tote has seven deep pockets and a roomy interior that expands to 8" in diameter.
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Kid's Green "Tiny Turtles" Waterproof Rubber Rain and Garden Boots
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SpongeBob 4-Piece Kids Garden Glove and Accessory Combo Pack, SS4-P5
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Backyardigans 4-Piece Kids Garden Glove and Accessory Combo Pack, BY5-P4
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Easy to use reel mower
American Lawn Mower Company 1815-18 18-Inch Reel Mower
Amazon Price: $99.99 (as of 07/10/2009)
Push reel mowers are powered by you. They're quiet, they don't need cords or recharging, and they don't pollute.
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An interesting take on gardening as a mutual interest between grandparents and grandchildren. An a perfect lens to roll to my funny Collectible Best Buds Gardening Cartoon Magnets lens. 5-starring and favoriting this one.
Posted March 27, 2009
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I love your lens and I gave you 5 stars. Thank for the usefull info.
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Posted August 31, 2008
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Congratulations to your reward with this lens. You are the best!
Posted July 03, 2008
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Congratulations! Your lens was a winner on the Squids Choice Awards lens where it will be featured for the next two months! 5*
Posted June 30, 2008
KimGiancaterino wrote...
Beautiful lens. I like the garden tote too. It's nice to have everything handy. Squid Angel Blessed.
Posted June 30, 2008
2009 Garden Calendar
How to meet the challenge of getting kids into gardening.
- Getting Kids into Gardening
- Meeting the challenge of getting kids into gardening.
Gardening Table of Contents
- What to plant so that your grandchildren will stay interested in the garden?
- I Love Dirt - NEW!
- It will be Fun Growing these Flowers
- Offers 17 different gardening projects with kids in mind
- A Child's Garden
- Crafts from Nature - from your garden
- Gardening in Small Spaces with your Grandchildren
- Have the right tools for your Grandchildren - that is half the fun!
- Let your Grandchildren Dress-up for Gardening
- Easy to use reel mower
- Put your flowers in cafepress and sell them
- Hope you enjoyed shopping - Thanks for stopping by.
- 2009 Garden Calendar
- How to meet the challenge of getting kids into gardening.
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