Let's Get Gardening

✍ Scribed by DK

• Publisher: DK Children
• Year: 2020
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 130
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

In this colorful guide featuring 30 easy gardening projects, kids will learn to grow their own fruits and vegetables, attract wildlife such as butterflies and bees, and recycle household items into animal habitats and fun decorations. Whether they've got a big backyard or just a windowsill, kids can grow all sorts of plants with this beginner's gardening book.

Packed with step-by-step activities, this book teaches children ages 5-8 how to grow garden staples like tomatoes, pumpkins, and zucchini with photographic examples. Each project includes a complete materials list, planting guide, and tips on harvesting your fruits and vegetables, providing plenty of support for kids from start to finish. The book also offers advice on creating creature-friendly spaces within your garden, such as a bee hotel, a ladybug sanctuary, and a home for frogs and toads. By caring for the wildlife around them, kids can grow to better understand the relationship between humans and nature, and how we can support local habitats wherever we happen to live.

Beyond the gardening basics, Let's Get Gardening also helps kids learn about conservation, recycling, and sustainability through simple, hands-on projects. From making mini greenhouses out of leftover glass jars, to growing strawberries in an old pair of rain boots, to repurposing an empty milk carton as a hanging bird feeder, there are so many practical ways for kids to help cut waste and reduce pollution. So grab your potting soil and let's get gardening!

✦ Table of Contents

Contents
Be an eco-friendly gardener
What is a plant?
What plants need
Gardening tools
Kitchen garden
What is a kitchen garden?
Growing herbs
How to grow carrots
How to grow potatoes
How to grow beets
How to grow lettuce
How to grow leeks
How to grow spinach
How to grow chilies
How to grow eggplant
How to grow zucchini
How to grow pumpkins
How to grow beans
How to grow peppers
How to grow corn
How to grow tomatoes
How to grow blueberries
How to grow strawberries
How to grow lemons
Wildlife garden
Why be a wildlife gardener?
Your garden is a habitat
Your seasonal wildlife garden
A wildlife hedge
Plants for a fragrant garden
Starting plants for wildlife
Sunflowers
Mini nature preserve
Plant a tree
Water plants
Pond life
Pond dipping
Container pond
Make a frog and toad home
Plants for bees
Create a bee hotel
Ladybug sanctuary
Plants for caterpillars and butterflies
Butterfly feeder
Pets’ corner
Recycling garden
Why recycle in the garden?
Recycle and renew
Collecting seeds
Eggshell planters
Stunning succulents
Cork planters
Creative containers
Pot labels and markers
Mini greenhouses
Strawberry boots
Bird bathroom
Bird feeder
Owl nesting boot
Self-watering seedlings
Glossary
Index
Acknowledgments

✦ Subjects

Children; Gardening