Kids Gardening Set

Gardening does not offer the instant rewards that many children expect of life these days. It can help them to learn patience as well as the importance of taking care of things over a period of time. Kids who are used to getting everything they want immediately in our electronic age can benefit greatly from a return to old fashioned activities like this.

With small children, less is often better. Just a tray of seeds in the house or a container in the yard will be enough. At first, they will rush to it every day to see if something has appeared. Later, you can enjoy measuring the growing plant with them, or counting leaves and flowers.

The garden also offers an opportunity to talk to kids about difficult subjects including death and reproduction in a very natural setting. Having a child around plants is a good reason not to use pesticides, but they will no doubt come across predators feeding on insects.

They may also be unhappy when plants die off at the end of the season. This can be a gentle first lesson in the sad fact of life that even what we love most can die.

So what should you grow when gardening with kids? Flowers, vegetables and herbs can all be used. If there is something that they particularly like to eat, for example cucumber, that would be ideal. Try to plan so that different things will be ready at different times. Flowers often appear quickly and a child can take great pride in creating a flower arrangement for the table from his or her own garden.

Of course you will want to avoid poisonous plants if you have very young children. Check all the plants that you are thinking of using, because you may be surprised at what is poisonous. For example, tomato and potato leaves are toxic. With older children, you may decide to go ahead with plants like these and simply warn them. After all, they will come across poisonous plants in nature and most parents would agree that it is better for them to be knowledgeable than ignorant.

If you have no interest in gardening yourself, it may be better not to fake it. Kids can usually tell and their own enthusiasm will quickly die. Instead, consider asking your parents or in-laws to take on this activity with them, if they are keen gardeners. Older people often love to grow things too and gardening with kids can create a wonderful bond between grandparents and their grandkids.

This hands-on indoor planting set is complete with organic seeds and soil. It includes three yellow planters, one green planter tray, orange trowel, three packets of organic seeds and three expandable soil disks.

Many parents hope that their kids will come to love nature and plants. The quickest way to make sure they want to protect the natural world around them is to help them come to love it and all its wonder. Help kids get exposure to gardening outside is one way to do this but other we can't forget to bring nature indoors to. The Green Toy gardening kit is a fun set for kids and beginner gardeners.

It comes with 3 pots, a pea-pod shaped planter tray for the pots to sit in, a trowel, soil, and 3 packets of organic seeds (Teddy Bear Sunflower, Zinnia, and Basil). It is set is pretty easy to use and very attractive with yellow and green pastels and great design. This is especially amazing in light of the fact that this set, along with other Green Toys, are made from recycled milk jugs. They are not only great toys but innovative and planet friendly ones too.

To use the set just drop peat in the 3 pots, soak with water, wait 30 minutes and you are ready to plant the seeds. The pots do not have drainage holes so if your kids will be watering they need to be careful not to get things too wet. Parental supervision may be needed. This set look fabulous on the window sill of the kitchen or a kid's bedroom and helps bring a little nature inside for us to enjoy.