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Big or little, one or many, edibles or flowering plants – container gardens are bursting with potential and the perfect way to begin your garden adventures! Container gardens are an excellent way to dive into the world of school gardening.…

On September 10, 2022, KidsGardening and PT Holdings hosted a garden installation event at York Center Elementary in Lombard, Illinois, transforming an unused grassy space into a school garden and outdoor classroom.  The garden build included constructing eight raised beds,…

Need ideas on how to get creative with your garden harvests this summer? We’ve got three garden activity packs that will get kids inspired to cook, experiment, and make art with garden-grown plants and produce! Each of the Garden Activity…

Project Seeds of Wonder (S.O.W.): Food Gardening with Justice in Mind is a food gardening curriculum published in February 2022 by Cornell University. Created for educators who work with young people ages 13-19, Project S.O.W. consists of 4 units: Cultivating…

Art Activities Using Natural Dyes (and a giveaway!) Creating arts and crafts using natural dyes allows you to transform the inherent beauty and vibrancy of plants into a new form. This garden activity pack will walk you through: After learning…

GroMoreGood Grassroots Winners Showcase Accessible Youth Gardens The days are getting longer, birds are chirping, and temperatures are warming across the country. Spring is in the air! Just before the first day of spring, we were excited to join our…

Lessons to Grow By is back! In fall of 2020, we piloted a new program, originally designed for caregivers teaching at home or educators teaching remotely. Each week, we sent out an email with hands-on activities, reading, and links for…

KidsGardening and Kiwanis share the vision of creating a better world for kids, a world full of opportunities to thrive. Gardens provide an ideal setting and tool for nurturing kids — their bodies and minds — while improving the communities…

KidsGardening is thrilled to announce that the new Growing School Food Gardens Community is live in the Kids Garden Community!  With the support of the USDA, the Growing School Food Gardens Community will facilitate peer-to-peer learning opportunities, mentorship programs, regional…

Green Our Planet is a non-profit organization based in Nevada that promotes STEM learning, school garden education, and hydroponics in pre-K–12 schools across the country. Currently, they collaborate with 100 programs across 16 states, with most of the sites being…

Science and gardening go hand in hand. Explore the scientific method with your young gardeners and discover what kind of container gardens are best for growing plants! Our “Container Garden Science Experiment” Garden Activity Pack is the perfect guide.  While…

At KidsGardening, we celebrate Black History Month every February. It honors the legacy of African Americans, their role in shaping U.S. history, and the oppression they endured.  In 1926, Carter G. Woodson established “Negro History Week,” to commemorate the accomplishments…

The KidsGardening team is thrilled to be a recipient of a 2021 USDA Farm to School Implementation Grant. Our “Growing School Food Gardens” Project will leverage the brand new Kids Garden Community to form a vibrant network devoted to growing…

We love cooking garden-grown food with kids! Not only can cooking encourage kids to try something new, it also allows them to have ownership of what they make. Moreover, there are no limits when it comes to cooking or gardening…

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.…

The header image above is from the Cheyenne River Youth Project, in Eagle Butte, South Dakota. They connect local youth to their Lakota culture and heritage through a diverse array of garden- and food-based programming. What is Indigenous  Peoples’ Day?…

We are very egg-cited for our partnership with Pete and Gerry’s Organic Eggs and to be sharing two Garden Activity Packs for the Summer and Fall! Our Summer Garden Activity Pack includes activities for: Summer Garden Activity Pack Our Fall Garden Activity Pack includes activities for:…

For decades, we’ve seen firsthand how gardens can be inspirational, safe spaces where youth can build community, gain a sense of place and learn skills that will last them a lifetime. We know that gardens are powerful spaces that can…

This past April we celebrated Kids Garden Month by asking kids to share what they love about their garden. We had 365 entries in our annual contest and we’re excited to highlight our six school winners, each of whom will receive $500…

Compassion Flower Project Garden Guide We are thrilled to have partnered with Mrs. Meyer’s Clean Day to create the Compassion Flower Project Garden Guide, a downloadable guide to help families plant the seeds of compassion with six weeks of simple…

Last Thursday, KidsGardening joined folks from the Caring Center in Philadelphia, PA to celebrate the installation of a “Kitty Fairy-Tail Garden” in partnership with DreamWorks Animation and their show Gabby’s Dollhouse. The gathering, which coincided with Earth Day, included planting…

April is here, and our annual celebration of kids in the garden is in full swing! This year, our Kids Garden Month contest asks kids to tell us what they LOVE about their garden. Already, we’ve gotten such amazing entries!…

Feel the magic of the garden! KidsGardening is excited to garden with our friends at Gabby’s Dollhouse! Whether or not you have a magical Kitty Fairy to garden with, there are many fun and easy ways to garden at home.…

Join the Kids Garden Community! Connect. Grow. Share. Join a growing community of educators, families, and volunteers bringing the joys of gardening to kids! The Kids Garden Community is a new online community for gardeners like you. From garden ideas…