GARDENING WITH CHILDREN

1. GARDENING WITH CHILDREN Pam Paulsen County Extension Agent, Horticulture K-State Research & Extension - Reno County

2. Safe location Sunlight Drainage Protection Accessibility & Convenience People Water, tools Wildlife GARDEN CONSIDERATIONSSite Selection

3. Safety Maintenance Cost Accessibility -pathways, gates Irrigation Expansion Plant Material GARDEN CONSIDERATIONSGarden Design

4. Clean area -remove debris, rocks Prepare Soil Mark pathways and garden plots Construct beds Install Irrigation Construct pathways Plant GARDEN CONSIDERATIONSSite Preparation

5. Planting Watering, weeding, mulching School breaks, family vacation Plant protection Clean-up GARDEN CONSIDERATIONSGarden Care

6. Trellis, Arbors, Fencing Tools, Storage Buckets, Sprayers, Hoses GARDEN CONSIDERATIONSEquipment & Structures

7. Safe products Environmental effects Organic products Non-chemical methods GARDEN CONSIDERATIONSFertilizers & Pesticides

8. Plant Material Chemicals Tools Supervision Physical Hazards GARDEN SAFETY

9. Theme Gardens Stepping Stones Weather Station Composting Worm Composting Scarecrow Adopt a plant GARDENING ACTIVITIES

10. Studying Soil

11. Beautifying the Boys & Girls Club

13. Getting to know a tree

14. Stepping Stones for All

15. Fun in the Garden Making Mud Pies Planting Watermelon Critters Daisies

16. Keep a garden journal Press flowers Make soup from garden veggies Start a window herb garden Make garden markers Propagate house plants Force spring bulbs or shrubs GARDENING ACTIVITIES

17. Plant Propagation

18. Plantable Seed Cards

19. Making Stepping Stones

20. Painting the Stepping Stones

21. Painting Flower Pots

22. Planting a Pizza Garden

23. Alphabet Garden Rainbow Garden Big & Small Garden Petting Zoo Garden Pizza Garden Memory Garden Sunflower Fort or Bean Teepee GARDEN THEMES

24. Pumpkin Planter

25. T is for Toothache Plant

26. Pumpkin on a Stick

27. Bird or Butterfly Garden History Garden Geography Garden Research Garden Native Garden Variety Garden Succulents, sunflowers, tomatoes GARDEN THEMES

28. Entering through the Gourd Gauntlet

29. Rub a Dub Dub...

30. Petting Zoo Garden

31. Yum...Pizza!

32. Bean Tent

33. Sunflower House

34. Enchanted Garden Zinnia 'Thumbelina' Zinnia 'Peter Pan' Grass 'Bunny Tails' Grass 'Fairies Joke' Cupid's Dart Bluebells Baby's Breath Rose 'The Fairy' Thyme (where fairies live) Bells of Ireland (hats for fairies)

35. Entomology Math Art History Science Ecology GARDEN LESSONS • Recycling • Nutrition • Senses • Geography • Natural Resources • Life Sciences

36. Doing some research

37. Looking for critters

38. Involve the child from the beginning Planning -location, design, plants Planting, Harvest Show, don’t tell Assist, don’t do Allow for extra weeds, broken flowers, early harvest Have fun!!! TIPS

39. 4-H Plant Science Project Learning Tree Junior Master Gardener National Gardening Association CURRICULUM

40. National Gardening Association OWLS Junior Master Gardener Project Learning Tree PROGRAMS

41. Obee Elementary School February 2000

42. Obee Elementary School September 2001

43. -- The Secrets of Our Garden, Rupert Sargent Holland People think it's only a garden, With roses along the wall; I'll tell you the truth about it It isn't a garden at all! It's really Robin Hood's forest, And over by that big tree Is the very place where fat Friar Tuck Fought with the Miller of Dee. And back of the barn is the cavern Where Jesse James is hid; On the other side is a big strong box That belongs to Billy the Kid. That isn't a pond you see there, It's the ocean deep and wide, Where six-masted ships are waiting To sail on rising tide. Of course it looks like a garden, It's all so sunny and clear --- You'd be surprised if you really knew The things that have happened here!