Kids Garden Month 

Kids Garden Month Challenge

Kids Garden Month is our annual celebration of kids in the garden! Each April, we host a contest to celebrate kid gardeners, as well as lifting up the many positive benefits gardening has on kids and their communities.

This year, we are hosting the Kids Garden Month Challenge! Kids are invited to grow plants, appreciate nature, and celebrate all the joy and wonder of gardening. Complete one or more challenges to be entered to win!

Creativity is encouraged. Entries can be submitted by individual kids, or by a group or class.

About the Kids Garden Month Contest

Kids are invited to complete one or more challenges in the Kids Garden Month Challenge. Each challenge has a unique prize, and kids who complete at least three challenges will be entered to win additional prizes!

Creativity is encouraged! Kids ages 0-18 are eligible to participate. Entries are welcome from around the world, but only entries from the US and US territories are eligible to win prizes. Due to shipping restrictions, certain prizes may be restricted to the lower 48 states.

How to Participate

The Kids Garden Month Contest Challenge is open April 1-30, 2025. Winners will be announced June 3, 2025.

Challenge Details

The Kids Garden Month Challenge will include:

• Grow a seed in a cup. Send a photo! What observations did your young gardeners make?
• Make a collage of your dream garden! Look through a seed catalog (online or in print) and design a garden. You can do this as a digital or physical collage. Attach a photo and a brief description of the garden.
• Interview a gardener! Who do you know that keeps a garden? Ask why they garden, who taught them about gardening, and what they like about it. Summarize your interview (200 words or less) and send a photo.
• Draw a picture of your favorite pollinator. Tell us why you love it and a fun fact about this pollinator. (Submit a photo of your drawing and a brief description.)
• Do a gardening activity (on KidsGardening.org or otherwise) with a friend or family member. What activity did you do? What did you like about it and what would you do differently next time? Would you recommend it to other kids?
• Design KidsGardening merch! Design something that would make a great sticker or t-shirt. If chosen, we will turn your merch design into reality and send you one!
• Investigate soil! Gather a soil sample from your garden or nearby outdoor space and tell us about it. What type of soil do you have, and what will grow best in that type of soil? Send a photo or drawing and a 100 word description.
• Invent a botanical product. What would you create? Is there a garden scent or benefit you would add to a skincare, haircare, or home product? Draw a picture of the label and tell us what you’d create!
• Draw a garden comic (1 page only). Send a .pdf or image of your garden comic!
• Create a song or jingle about the garden. Share a short video clip performance. (15 second limit)