Gardening with Children - Hardcover

Kim Wilde

3.8

5 ratings by Goodreads

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0007193114 ISBN 13: 9780007193110

Publisher: Collins, 2005

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Bursting with ideas for getting – and keeping – kids interested in the outdoors, Gardening with Children is a comprehensive guide to making the garden fun and safe. Kim Wilde offers many projects in which children play an active role in gardening, along with insightful tips for making a family garden educational and exciting.

With video games often the preferred activity of today's children, Gardening with Children shows parents how to encourage their children to enjoy active, outdoor exercise instead, whilst nurturing a shared family interest. Along with guidelines for safety in the garden are there are ideas for maintaining a child’s attention span throughout the sometimes slow gardening process. Children like to feel grown-up and to see the results of their labours: this book shows parents how to help them.

Illustrated, step-by-step projects range from creative ways to plant, such as rainbow and sensory gardens, to making scarecrows, wormeries and tile mosaics. For families with a small garden, or none at all, windowboxes and other activities are suggested. Indoor projects for rainy days are also included, as well as a plant directory identifying good plants for children, chosen for their speedy growth, smell, cost-effectiveness, ease of handling and other child-friendly characteristics.

Kim Wilde, an experienced gardening columnist and devoted mother, is the ideal guide for helping parents bring the joy of gardening to their children. Her year-round, easy-to-follow activities will inspire any family for many years.

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Review:

‘A guide full to bursting with wonderful ideas for getting children immersed in gardening... There are plenty of illustrations showing the author and her children getting well stuck into the tasks in hand, and the instructions are clear and unfussy. With this many ideas for garden projects, I can see many adults filching her ideas.’ - Sue Baker, Publishing News

‘Packed with ideas for getting kids involved in the outdoors. Illustrated projects help even the most novice gardeners find inspiration.’ - The Green Parent

‘Kim Wilde’s year-round, easy-to-follow activities will inspire any family for many years.’ - Derby Evening Telegraph

‘A joyful and practical guide.’ - Publishing News

About the Author:

Kim Wilde studied horticulture and planting design at Capel Manor before becoming a resident designer on BBC’s ‘Garden Invaders’. She has since presented daytime coverage of ‘The Chelsea Flower Show’ and ‘The Great Garden Guide’ as well as gardening slots for GMTV and ‘This Morning’. Kim has written regular gardening columns for The Guardian and for Prima and Bella magazines. Alongside this, Kim continues to enjoy a busy pop career, her family and her garden.

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