Sarah Pounders

Sarah Pounders

Discovering Through Hydroponics

KidsGardening is excited to share the launch of a new educator guide – Discovering Through Hydroponics developed in partnership with our amazing partners The National Farm to School Network and The Scotts Miracle-Gro Foundation as part of the GroMoreGood Initiative.…

Resources for Early Childhood Educators

A child bending over in rosemary with the logos of KidsGardening, Scotts Miracle-Gro, and National Head Start

Gardening engages young children by providing a dynamic environment to observe, discover, experiment, nurture and learn. An adventure for all ages, the garden provides opportunities for young children to build strong connections with caring adults and their communities in many…

The Magic of Greenhouses

greenhouses

Greenhouses bring back fond childhood memories for me.  I can remember going with my Dad to water at the University greenhouses on weekends and loving the humidity, warmth and just the way they smelled.  The lush, green growth was a…

Teaching Kids to Protect Our Pollinators

Pollinator Patch

This summer at North Wind Day Camp in Canton, New York, 49 curious and intrepid campers, ages 7-12, earned the Pollinator Patch created by Cabot Creamery Cooperative and KidsGardening. The free patch program was developed to help children understand the importance of pollinators…

Digging into Soil

A couple of years ago, I shared my top tips for school gardens and one of them was “Invest in Your Soil.” This was a lesson I learned through personal experience as the original soil placed in our raised bed…