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Case Studies on Children in Community Gardens and Gardening with Children

Published by each green corner on november 12, 2020 november 12, 2020.

Written by Casey Wu, Grant Writing and Development Intern

Community gardens are increasingly becoming a part of the urban landscape in which we live, work, and play in. These gardens, often built on underutilized land, have a number of positive health benefits, including but not limited to: improved access to food and better nutrition, increased physical activity, improved mental health, and improved safety and security in local communities. Representing a universal public good, community gardens provide a central space for residents to gather and contribute to the overall health of their communities. Particularly for young children, participation in community based gardening can help with physical, cognitive, and social development. In turn, this leads to a reduced risk of childhood obesity and better long-term health outcomes—leading to a net-benefit for the entire community at large.  

Studies have shown that a sustainable community gardening program can reduce food insecurity, improve dietary intake, and strengthen family relationships. Considering that “more than 10% of US households experience food insecurity in any given year,” a community garden can significantly lessen and alleviate some of the stresses related to issues surrounding food scarcity. In one study conducted by Carney et al., where researchers used popular education techniques to support and educate Hispanic farmworker families in planting and maintaining organic gardens, results showed that community gardens led to a “nearly four-fold increase in vegetable intake among adults and a three-fold increase among children.” Additionally, many families involved in the study found that they felt a particular sense of satisfaction in knowing that their gardens allowed them to pass down long-standing family traditions while simultaneously reducing the amount of money spent on food. Moreover, out of the 42 families involved in the study, 31% had cited food security as a major concern, with this number dropping to 3% after the study had concluded. 

The benefits of community gardening, while having a positive impact at the family level, also filter down to the children within individual households. A survey conducted by Waliczek et al. on the benefits of children gardening found that “adults gardening with children reported benefits to children’s self-esteem and reduction in stress levels.” Results from this survey also suggest that community gardens, by providing an outdoor environment for children and adults to interact, not only strengthens childrens’ connection to the outdoor world, but also allows adults to nurture their children’s connection to their surrounding environment. While people typically garden for food and health reasons, there is also a strong secondary effect in improving one’s self-esteem and social well-being. In this sense, a community garden has a tangible effect on food security and long-term health outcomes while also having an intangible effect on one’s overall happiness, level of anxiety, and environmental consciousness—leading to an overall healthier body, mind, and spirit. 

A core aspect of community gardens is to provide a central open space for people of all ages, not just adults.  For younger members of the community, namely teens and young children, the community garden becomes a space which fosters social integration, community involvement, and civic engagement. By providing a space for the youth, the garden becomes a central site where younger members of the community can actively participate and contribute, gain knowledge, and engage in dialogue. These outcomes are directly supported by a study conducted by Fulford and Thompson on the impact of community development programs focused on urban agriculture and community gardening. Evaluating the impact of Youth for EcoAction (YEA), an after-school gardening program, the researchers found that there was a widespread positive benefit on “skill building and job training, self-esteem, nutrition and food security, environmental awareness and behaviour, and community building.”  For neighborhoods experiencing social, economic, and physical barriers, community gardens can be an effective strategy for community development and youth empowerment. 

Despite the overwhelming benefits of community gardens, the effectiveness of these green spaces is continuously undercut by bureaucratic resistance, ineffective planning, and a lack of sustained financial support. Having an individual, or group of individuals who are passionate, dedicated, and skilled in developing garden spaces is key to the long-term success of new community garden projects. However, despite these barriers, the benefits of community gardens and community gardening as a whole greatly outweigh the cost of overcoming logistical and financial obstacles. At Each Green Corner, it is our mission to educate and assist community members in growing sustainable, permaculture-inspired and culturally-diverse food gardens. By providing for the design, installation, upkeep of our gardens, we hope to make community gardens more accessible, approachable, and advantageous for all. 

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How To Write An Essay On ‘My Garden’ For Primary Classes

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Gardening is a fun hobby for children. It involves planting different types of plants and trees that bear fruits, vegetables, or flowers in a well-planned manner on a plot of land or in pots. It is an enriching activity that many families take up. Children are introduced to it by parents to help them understand the importance of learning how to grow a plant. Many children are familiar with gardening and will be confident while writing an essay on this topic. Those who haven’t engaged in gardening may get interested in the activity through this topic.

‘My Garden’ is a fairly advanced topic for young children. Here are some points to remember when composing an essay on the topic:

• When writing about this topic, it is essential to talk about both the facts and how one feels about their garden.
• Gardening can be done on the ground and in planters. Children who are exposed to gardening in planters can focus on the specifics of potted plants.
• While writing short essays on your garden, stick to general points about gardening that are relatable.
• When writing long essays, add facts about gardening and tell the story of your garden.

The easiest way to write about a garden is to break it down into small segments as one-liners. An essay for class 1 on gardens can include simple points about gardening. A class 2 essay can consist of more facts.

• My garden is one of the most beautiful parts of my house. The different types of plants and flowers make it very decorative and attractive.
• Gardening helps us learn about the cycle of life and how to nurture plants.
• By growing plants in our house, we get fresh air during the day and it also makes our home look so pretty! 
• Gardening is the best way to develop a deep love and understanding of nature.
• Many people grow good fruits and vegetables in their gardens. I prefer flowers as they are very pretty to look at.
• Half of my garden is dedicated to flowering plants, and the remaining has vegetables and herbs planted by my grandmother.
• The vegetables harvested from our garden taste fresh and better than what we buy from stores.
• My flowering plants also attract plenty of birds, insects and butterflies.
• My garden is a haven for these small animals, and I love watching them all day.
• Gardens require regular maintenance, without which they die eventually.

Children used to gardening work will have no problem writing about it. For those who have little experience in it, this short essay will give them some ideas:

Gardening is my favourite hobby, and I think my garden is the best place in my house. I can spend many hours every day working in my garden, and being there makes me feel fresh and happy. I got interested in gardening because of my mother and grandmother. They grow many different types of herbs, fruits and vegetables, which we eat and enjoy. My interest in gardening grew after my mother encouraged me to plant carrot seeds in a small pot. After a few weeks of taking care of them by watering and adding manure, I could harvest some baby carrots. Ever since then, I have been totally hooked on gardening.

My garden is in a small plot of land in my backyard. We grow flowering plants closer to the building, where there is some shade and some sunlight. For the vegetables, we choose a spot with plenty of sunlight, which they require to grow big. I have to maintain the garden by watering it every day or else the leaves will fade. I like sitting in the garden and relaxing in the fresh scenery. When my friends come home, I show them all the new flowers and plants I have added.

Class 3 students are expected to write a long essay on gardening. Your child can start by arranging all the ideas appropriately and weaving them into an engaging narrative. Here is an example for a descriptive essay on ‘My Garden’ for children of class 3:

I have always loved nature and greenery in every place I visit. My parents often take me out of the city to experience the countryside and beautiful nature that makes me feel alive. My city life is busy, and my garden is the only escape to nature in the middle of all the concrete buildings. I feel lucky to have enough space in my house to grow a beautiful garden. My garden is in the patch of land right next to my window. Not just that, I have plants in pots all around our house, including the terrace!

There is a small patch of lawn in my garden for my family and friends to sit and enjoy a leisurely time. We have planted hedges on the sides of the walls that give the garden a beautiful look and feel. The hedges grow fast, so they need to be trimmed often. Over a dozen different types of flowering plants decorate the house all around. I have planted flowering varieties both in the ground and in the pots. The flowers attract birds and butterflies, and it is the best sight in the world.

My mother has planted various vegetables in the section of the garden that faces our kitchen. We love eating the fresh vegetables we harvest from the garden. Different seasons are suited for growing different vegetables, but we have cherry tomatoes all year round.

Since my window faces the garden, the plants and flowers are the first things I see every morning after I wake up. Whether I am studying or just relaxing, my garden is my place of peace and zen. All my friends like to come and sit in my garden because of how fresh it feels. Gardening is an activity I believe everyone should take up even if they don’t have much space in the house. They will be surprised at how well some plants can do in a simple pot!

Writing about gardening will teach your children how to write about a hobby they enjoy. Gardening is an activity that most children would be familiar with. However, some living in dense cities might not have been exposed to it. They might learn some new facts while thinking about gardening and get interested in trying their hand at it. The topic helps them ponder over the responsibility of tending a garden. It will also encourage them to observe the benefits of a garden and appreciate nature. 

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Gardening with young children helps their development.

Kittie Butcher, Michigan State University Extension , and Janet Pletcher, Lansing Community College - April 24, 2017

Gardening with children provides them with skills to help your child’s development. You and your children will enjoy every stage of the process.

May is the perfect time of year in Michigan to start a gardening project with your children. Gardening with children provides the perfect combination of skills and tasks to address your child’s development. For example, gardening is a great physical development activity.

Young children can practice locomotor skills, body management skills and object control skills while they move from one place to the other carrying tools, soil and water. They will be moving their bodies using large muscles and using muscles to balance and manage objects too. Fine motor skills such as whole-hand grasping and the pincer grasp (necessary skills for writing) are employed in gardening when children use a trowel or rake and pick up tiny seeds to plant. Further, being outdoors in the fresh air and moving around a lot is a good way to get exercise.

Another aspect of physical development is the sensory stimulation that you can experience in a garden. Water is a critical part of gardening and, if your child enjoys nothing else, playing with the hose or the watering can be a highlight. Feeling the texture of the soil or the plant leaves is also interesting, as is the smell of the fresh garden and its plants.

Of course, most gardens are a visual explosion of colors, tones and shades. If you plant edible plants, this is one of the few areas where you can actually safely employ your child’s sense of taste. Children are often more willing to try a new food if they have been involved in the process of growing it.

Literacy skills can be part of gardening, too. Learning the names of different plants and reading what their growth requirements are on the seed or plant packages is a literacy activity. Another reading/writing activity could be making a map of your garden or your yard and labeling the plants in it. A map of the area that you plant can be really helpful when those seeds start to sprout and you are not sure which one is a weed and which is the vegetable or flower you planted!

Cognitive development is all about intellectual skills such as remembering and analyzing information and predicting outcomes. You can do plenty of that in your garden with children. By asking open-ended questions about what you have already done in your garden and what they think you should do next, you are helping them think through the processes of preparing the soil, planting, watering and weeding. Ask them to tell you about the differences between the various plants you are growing or the different parts of the plants themselves. Show them the entire plant—roots, stem, leaves, flowers and seeds—or let them draw the plant at different stages of growth.

Finally, working together on your garden with your children is togetherness time. You build bonds with children and create memories from your experiences in the garden. While your children are learning a lifelong love of growing things, you are learning more about your children—how they think, what they like and dislike and how capable they really are. Your plants can create a beautiful environment, whether they are in a garden, a raised bed or a pot, and you and your children will enjoy every stage of the process.

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Academic and Environmental Benefits

Health and well-being benefits, studies documenting multiple benefits, implementation strategies and issues, gardening with and for children.

April is National Garden Month! Engaging children and youth of all ages in gardening at home, school and the community is good for their health and development as well as the environment. In anticipation of Garden Month’s activities, this Digest provides summaries of current studies focusing on the benefits of garden-related activities for children. Also included are studies highlighting unique strategies used by programs to engage children and youth in gardening activities.

We are pleased to provide this information in collaboration with our partners at  KidsGardening.org .  Each April, KidsGardening celebrates kids in the garden with their Kids Garden Month  contest . This year they are asking kids to consider how their garden cares for them. See you in the garden!

School gardens of different types are growing in popularity as a place for integrated and experiential learning for children of all ages and abilities. The benefits of gardening for children and youth include increased knowledge and skills in a variety of academic areas, including social studies and science. Ecological literacy and nature-friendly attitudes are also promoted.

Garden-based inquiry can foster the development of democratic competencies in preschool children

Researchers added a garden to an accessible outdoor environment at a preschool in the United States and then observed children’s inquiry-based behaviors. They found that children as young as three can be actively engaged in social studies practices through spontaneous inquiry in a school garden setting. They also found that these inquiries could foster the development of democratic competencies. Casey, DiCarlo & Sheldon, 2019. Growing democratic citizenship competencies: Fostering social studies understandings through inquiry learning in the preschool garden. 

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Garden activities can promote preschool children’s scientific and nature-friendly attitudes

Preschoolers participating in a garden project involving cotton in South Korea made significantly higher gains in scientific attitudes and nature-friendly attitudes than preschoolers not participating in the project. While in the garden, the participating group experienced self-directed and cooperative learning, engaged in the scientific process, demonstrated nature-friendly attitudes, and increased their sense of wonder. Kim et al. 2020. The power of garden-based curriculum to promote scientific and nature-friendly attitudes in children through a cotton project.

Forest gardens can foster children’s ecological literacy

Through walk-and-talk conversations and informal interviews, elementary children in Sweden expressed strong positive feelings about a forest garden and their experiences in the garden. Their responses also revealed different aspects of their ecological literacy. Forest gardens imitate the natural structure of a forest which often produces berries and other edible perennials. Hammarsten et al. 2018. Developing ecological literacy in a forest garden: Children’s Perspectives.

Gardens offer real-life contexts for science and environmental teaching from preschool through higher education

This study was conducted in Spain with students representing four different educational levels: preschool, primary, secondary, and university. Students’ drawings completed before and after participating in a gardening program showed that the concept of what “a garden” is evolved and diversified for students at all four stages of education. Findings also suggest that educational gardens can promote awareness of sustainable agricultural practices. Eugenio-Gozalbo, Aragón & Ortega-Cubero, 2020. Gardens as science learning contexts across educational stages: Learning assessment based on students’ graphic representations.

The benefits of engaging children in gardening activities extend beyond increased academic and environmental knowledge to include changes in health-related behaviors and improvement in overall well-being. As the following studies indicate, gardening is beneficial for children’s physical and mental health, as well as their social emotional learning. 

School gardens focusing on academic standards may also promote social emotional learning

This literature review focused on how school garden programs – while addressing academic goals – can impact social emotional learning (SEL) among children and adolescents. Findings from qualitative (vs quantitative) studies from five different countries showed that the benefits of school garden programs can include improved SEL competencies and heightened connections with nature. Lohr et al. 2020. The impact of school gardens on youth social and emotional learning: A scoping review.

Children eat more fruits and vegetables after participating in garden-based programs

Twelve of the 14 studies included in this literature review reported that garden intervention programs were effective in significantly increasing children’s fruit and vegetable intake. The programs were conducted in a variety of school, after school, and community settings in four different countries and involved children between the age of 2 and 15, although most were elementary-age children. Savoie-Roskos, Wengreen & Durward, 2016. Increasing fruit and vegetable intake among children and youth through gardening-based interventions: A systematic review.

Gardening is beneficial for mental and physical health

This meta-analysis examined the results of 76 comparisons between control and treatment groups of people from multiple countries engaged in gardening in home, community, and therapeutic settings. Robust evidence shows that gardening can improve public health and supports public investments in gardening opportunities for a broad range of people, including children. Soga, Gaston & Yamaurac, 2017. Gardening is beneficial for health: A meta-analysis.

Male preschoolers may respond especially well to gardening programs in developing visual-motor integration

Pre/post-assessments of visual-motor integration showed no significant differences in preschoolers participating in a gardening program in the United States and preschoolers not participating in the program. When just the male students were considered, however, significant differences were found, with the males in the gardening group achieving higher scores in visual-motor integration than males in the non-gardening group. Sommerfeld et al. 2021. Use of gardening programs as an intervention to increase children’s visual-motor integration.

Garden-based learning may promote positive emotions and cooperative behavior

Five classes of sixth graders in Germany participated in a study examining the extent to which biology lessons in school gardens can impact the development of social and emotional behaviors. Data collected over a ten-week period indicated that students experienced happiness, pride, and surprise/wonder, and exhibited cooperative behavior, significantly more often in lessons in the garden than in the classroom. Pollin & Retzlaff-Fürst, 2021. The school garden: A social and emotional place.

School, community and home gardens provide multiple benefits for children, families and the wider community. These benefits include enhanced knowledge, skills and environmental attitudes. Gardens can provide supportive environments for children who are ill or with special needs; address urban education and food disparities; and provide opportunities for cultural expression and environmental restoration.

School gardens can positively impact students’ knowledge and attitude, and help them gain valuable experiences

The pilot testing of a gardening program in Iran indicates that adopting school gardens as teaching resources could help meet the country’s goals for urban education, including increased opportunities for promoting students’ attitude, knowledge, and experience. Testing results with sixth graders showed positive changes in each of these areas. Amiri, Geravandi & Rostami, 2021. Potential effects of school garden on students’ knowledge, attitude and experience: A pilot project on sixth grade students in Iran.

Healing gardens can promote ecosystem services and therapeutic goals for youth with autism

Eight male youth (age 15 to 23) with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) worked as “Biodiversity Custodians” in the development of a healing garden in Italy. Their work proceeded from sowing seeds to plant cultivation to seed collection for the purpose of conservation of local biodiversity. Pre/post assessment results showed that the youth with ASD made significant improvements in independence, adaptive behavior, and interaction skills. Scartazza et al. 2020. Caring local biodiversity in a healing garden: Therapeutic benefits in young subjects with autism.

Home gardening promotes the physical health, mental health, and social connections of adolescents

Teens in New Zealand who participated in home gardening reported healthier dietary habits, higher levels of physical activity, and better mental health and well-being than those who did not participate in home gardening. They also reported stronger family and neighborhood connections. van Lier et al. 2017. Home gardening and the health and well-being of adolescents.

Community gardens offer multiple benefits to children, adults, and the wider community

This report shares insights gained over a five-year period as a researcher and his family participated in a community garden program located on the grounds of a university in Canada. Benefits of the gardening program, as noted by the researcher, include environmental restoration, community activism, social interactions, cultural expression, and food security. Datta, 2016. Community garden: A bridging program between formal and informal learning.

Natural environments can add a humanizing element to the care of hospitalized children

Information gathered from 17 children about their experiences in a Fairy Garden on the grounds of a hospital in Northern Thailand where they were being treated indicated that the garden gave them an escape from the clinical environment of the hospital. All the children expressed ways in which the garden made them feel happy and joyful. van der Riet, Jitsacorn & Thursby, 2020. Hospitalized children’s experience of a Fairy Garden in Northern Thailand.

The benefits of school gardens are well documented, yet educators working to initiate and/or maintain school garden programs are often faced with implementation challenges. Research on how to address these challenges remains sparse and fragmented. However, a few strategies for addressing challenges have been identified. Some such strategies are highlighted in the studies below.

Quality of implementation played a role in the effectiveness of a school garden program

More than 100 students in a primary school in Belgium participated in a school gardening program over a nine-week period. While the students’ vegetable consumption did not increase, their awareness of recommendations for vegetable consumption did increase, but differently for different groups. Quality of implementation seemed to be the determining factor in students’ level of awareness. Huys et al. 2019. Effect and process evaluation of a real-world school garden program on vegetable consumption and its determinants in primary schoolchildren

Teachers in Havana and Philadelphia use opportunities through schools and the social context to legitimate marginalized garden-based learning

This case study compared the way teachers in Havana, Cuba and Philadelphia, United States navigated challenges and opportunities relating to the use of gardens in their school settings. Teachers in both cases found ways to situate their garden programs in a pedagogical framework consistent with the policies, mandates, and cultures of their respective educational systems. Bucher, 2017. Opening garden gates: Teachers make meaning of school gardens in Havana and Philadelphia.

School personnel and students make suggestions for improved implementation of school gardens

This study was based on the premise that experiencing the benefits of school gardens depends on successful implementation. Primary school personnel and students in Belgium, while positive about school gardens, identified barriers to success and offered recommendations for improved implementation, including involving external organizations and parents in the development and maintenance of the gardens. Huys et al. 2017. School gardens: A qualitative study on implementation practices.

Integrating Navajo traditions into the school’s nutrition and gardening lessons may help reduce obesity among Navajo children

Navajo traditions were intentionally integrated into a garden-based intervention program for students attending a small Navajo Nation school in New Mexico (US). The intent of the program was to address obesity concerns by increasing students’ fruit and vegetable consumption. Students enjoyed the hands-on garden activities and using what they grew in the garden for preparing snacks. Ornelas et al. 2021. Engaging school and family in Navajo gardening for health: Development of the Yéego intervention to promote healthy eating among Navajo children.

A garden-based program promotes food-related and horticultural skills among urban youth

Youth (age 14-15) participating in a garden-based education program in Minneapolis (US) worked in teams led by undergraduate student mentors and community garden mentors in gardens located throughout a low-resource area of the city. While the program’s focus is on the development of food and horticultural skills among urban youth, the program also promotes environmental, social, and racial justice through special projects initiated by the teams. Rogers et al. 2019. Growing North Minneapolis: Connecting youth and community through garden-based experiential learning.

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Gardening is a great way to meet science standards, no matter what grade you teach. Whether you’re studying plant life cycle, botany, ecosystems, or something else, there are likely gardening projects out there to bring hands-on learning to your classroom. And there’s no experience required either. 

For years, I’ve been writing about plants and gardening with kids, and I also do a lot of gardening with my own children. I know it can seem a bit involved to bring gardening into your classroom, but it doesn’t have to be. To give you some ideas, I’ve divided these classroom gardening ideas into three levels, from beginning gardener to green-thumb expert. I hope they inspire you to get gardening this month. 

Level 1: Stick to the basics

You don’t have a lot of time to dedicate to a big plant or gardening project, but you’d love something creative to meet your science unit. Does this sound like you? These classroom gardening ideas are what you’re looking for. 

1. Get a free printable on the parts of a plant. 

Teaching the parts of a plant is a classic science lesson for young learners, and you can easily find free resources with a quick search on Pinterest. Here’s one of our favorites from Itsy Bitsy Fun . 

2. Make an anchor chart about tops and bottoms. 

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Do veggies grow down or up? This is a great question to discuss with students, and there’s a fantastic book called  Tops & Bottoms that is also a great tool. Use this chart to talk to your students about the different types of veggies you can grow and whether you eat their top or their bottom. 

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3. Watch our plant life cycle video.

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Beans are probably the most popular way to teach plant life cycle, because you can really see the progress each step of the way. You can show this video to students and have a discussion, or you can even set it up to try in your own classroom. 

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4. Learn about decomposers. 

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What is a decomposer, and what does it have to do with gardening? This is a greater starter video to better understand the role of decomposers. If you want to do even more with this lesson, check Level 3 for a project you do with worms. 

Level 2: Kick it up a notch. 

You really like project-based learning. Your classroom science lessons often include hands-on opportunities, but you’d still like to wrap this up in a few hours or a couple of days at most. Sound like you? Here are some classroom gardening ideas for you. 

5. Make your own color-changing flowers. 

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Students will gain understanding about how plants “drink” and are nourished through this color-changing experiment. All you need is white carnations and some food coloring. This is a good experiment that can be combined with a lesson on understanding plant parts and how they work. 

6. Recycle paper and make your own seed bombs. 

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There are a couple of ways to make seed bombs, including using recycled paper or a clay mixture . If you have a lot of recycled paper sitting in your classroom bin, it might make for the perfect excuse to turn it into seed bombs (aka seed balls). 

7. Make your own mini greenhouse. 

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The greenhouse effect comes full circle in this seed-starting experiment. Plant some seeds in an egg carton and wrap it in plastic, creating a greenhouse effect, and some seeds in a carton without covering it in plastic. Help your students understand the greenhouse effect and why the one wrapped in plastic grows so much faster. 

8. Try a science experiment about bullying and plants. 

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Does bullying affect plants? Read more about this incredible experiment  and consider recreating it on your own. 

9. Start your own seeds. 

SOURCE: Burlap & Denim

There are so many ways you can start seeds in your classroom. One of the best ways is to use old toilet paper rolls. It’s easy—and free! 

10. Try to grow new plants from kitchen scraps. 

SOURCE: What Do We Do All Day

It’s so much fun to watch ordinary scraps grow into whole new plants. If you want to learn how to do this and give it a try in your classroom, get some tips here . 

11. Try a pollination simulation activity. 

SOURCE: Around the Kampfire

Gardens need creatures like birds, bees, and butterflies. Check out this pollination simulation activity from Around the Kampfire. It will really help your students understand the link between plants and animals. 

Level 3: Let’s go all out #PlantNerd

You love plants, and the garden is a happy place for you. You’d love to share this hobby with your students because there are so many great lessons and curriculum to be learned. If this sounds like you, then these classroom gardening ideas will make you starry-eyed. 

12. Create a mini ecosystem. 

SOURCE: Inspire Lifelong Learning

We love this teacher on Instagram who makes mini ecosystems in her classroom each year. This is a really great lesson for students, and there’s even an opportunity for a class pet. To learn more about how to pull this activity off in your classroom, check out the blog Layers of Learning . 

13. Try a soil erosion experiment. 

SOURCE: Life is a Garden

What’s the importance of vegetation and plants? This is a wonderful hands-on experiment that will help your students gain understanding. It will take a few days to really see results, but this is one they will remember. Take a look at how to do this experiment here . 

14. Make an exploding seed pod.

Here’s one more activity from Around the Kampfire. This one dives into the deeper topic of how seeds are dispersed. It involves a balloon, so students are sure to love trying it out. Learn how to do it here . 

15. Show how earthworms help the garden. 

If you want to take it up another notch, bring worms to your classroom. Talk about earthworms and how they help the garden. If you’re looking for books to use, projects to do, or lessons to learn, check out Lemon Lime Adventures . She has some great ideas. 

16. Start a school garden. 

This one might be the most ambitious of all. If you really love plants, then consider starting a garden at your school. The good news is, if this appeals to you, there are a lot of school garden grants to help you out. Or you can just take on a small project with your class to beautify the school, add bird-friendly plants, grow natives, or more. 

17. Introduce composting to your classroom or school. 

SOURCE: YESC Seattle

This school is setting a great example of introducing composting in their classroom. If you can encourage your school to have a composting bin in the lunch room, this is a great start. (Or you can start one yourself.) If this is too much, at least use it as a starting point to talk about composting and how it works. 

18. Start a monarch awareness campaign. 

Monarch butterfly on a flower

Monarchs need milkweed in order to survive, and the overall numbers (of milkweed and monarchs) are on the decline. You can talk to students about why monarchs need milkweed (it’s their host plant) and even establish your own monarch habitat at your school as part of your gardening efforts. Another idea is to just create an awareness campaign about the importance of gardening for monarchs. You can get milkweed seed and send it home with kids or hand it out to those able to plant. 

Do you have great gardening ideas? Come and share in our WeAreTeachers HELPLINE group on Facebook.

Plus, check out our article on how to reduce the carbon footprint in your classroom . 

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The Enduring Magic of Children’s Gardens

Getting kids off their screens and out into nature gives them new sensory experiences and helps increase their resilience.

"It's a very special thing to introduce a child to the wonder of their larger natural ecosystem, in any simple ways," says Ashley S. Lingerfelt , a Georgia-based licensed professional counselor.

For more than two decades, the ICG has ensconced kids in nature, serving as an incredible resource for locals and visitors. "The spirit of free play that runs throughout the entire garden that invites children to be kids, unapologetically, is one of its most compelling facets," says ICG Executive Director Erin Marteal.

Community children's gardens like ICG have their roots in the school garden movements of the early 1900s when, according to the Cultural Landscape Foundation , more than 75,000 school gardens were created primarily in cities as part of an educational philosophy of nature study. World War I saw the focus of the gardens shift away from children and education to focus on local food production. After the war, many of the gardens disappeared — although some, such as the children’s garden at the Brooklyn Botanical Garden , established in 1914 — remain.

Children’s gardens as we think of them today started to appear throughout the United States in the 1990s. One of the first, according to the American Horticultural Society , is the River Farm Children’s Garden , based in Alexandria, Virginia, which includes several themed areas for kids including a bat cave and a prairie garden.

And while they vary in size, from a simple raised garden bed outside a library to acres of nature-themed playscapes and experiences, at their heart, children's gardens are designed to provide multi-sensory experiences while teaching children about the way their local ecosystem works.

While there's no data on how many of these gardens exist, the research on their importance is clear. "Children's gardens are typically designed with different sensory needs in mind, and sensory input in the developing mind is so important," says Lingerfelt. It goes beyond the aroma of flowers. "Many children's gardens have access to climbing structures, beautiful colors, a multitude of textures. All those wonderful sensory opportunities help kids' brains develop."

Even while a growing body of evidence has shown the importance of spending time outdoors, most children spend only about four to seven minutes a day in unstructured outdoor play, according to the National Recreation and Park Association . That's a trend communities, like St. Louis, are trying to reverse. The city opened the Anne O'C. Albrecht Nature Playscape , an experiential playspace that includes a sensory garden in addition to eight other nature-inspired areas, such as a meadow, spring and wetlands.

"When we started planning the playscape, we knew that kids were spending more and more time inside and on screens and that it was really affecting their health and learning," says Lesley Hoffarth, the President and Executive Director of the nonprofit conservancy Forest Park Forever , of which the nature playscape is a member. "We also knew that access to nature, especially for communities of color and low income communities, had been restricted. At the same time there was all this research showing that unstructured playtime is really invaluable to the health and development of kids, so we wanted to create a place for kids and their caregivers to explore nature in a more urban setting and bring nature to kids of all abilities, from all sorts of walks of life."

Kids can reap benefits by spending as little as a few minutes a day in nature, even if that time isn’t in a dedicated children’s garden. "Research shows us that the more children participate in outdoor activities the more they experience increased regulation, flexibility and adaptability," says Lingerfelt. "If you take ten minutes with your child outside it can make a world of difference in the way they approach the day.”

To help kids and their caregivers make the most of the Anne O'C. Albrecht Nature Playscape, Forest Park Forever has playscape passports that kids can pick up that includes stickers to mark which activity parts of the park they’ve visited. The park also does education outreach focused on families served by the St. Louis City Public School including field trips and pop-up play events and the St. Louis City Public Library hosts read-aloud events. Forest Park Forever hopes that, by introducing kids to nature from an early age and reconnecting their adult caregivers with it, they will inspire families to take part in protecting the environment. "Knowing that kids are going to be in charge one day, we wanted to instill an appreciation for nature, a realization that it's fragile. That it needs our stewardship," says Hoffarth.

Amazingly, my daughter has yet to fall in the pond, but while it’s been months since we've been up in Ithaca and will be months more before we return she still talks frequently about ICG. In the meantime, she loves checking on everything we grow at home — be it mushrooms or kale from an indoor grow kit or the trees, flowers and plants in her own backyard — in between twirling around and rolling down the hill. Soaking up the world around her and some new skills in the process.

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A. THE LESSONS OF EXPERIENCE

Your school garden’s aims may change and develop over time. What is important is that they:

• are realistic;
• achieve a good balance between education and production;
• appeal to everyone (e.g. children, families, teachers, school staff, school meals service);
• are discussed and agreed by all the main participants;

respect and protect children’s rights.

Some lessons of experience are:

Aims succeed if they are what people want. Avoid imposing aims. Find out what people want and make your choices from these ideas.

The garden must benefit the children and be seen to do so . Food produced by the garden will be for the children, income will be for the school, education will be a clear priority.

School gardens can make a real difference to children’s health. They can:

• give children nutrient-rich fruit and vegetables which are lacking in their diet;
• show children how to grow, prepare and eat them;
• encourage families to grow them too;
• help children to understand what makes a good diet;
• help children to like nutritious home-grown food;

show children the link between what they grow, what they eat and how they feel.

School gardens can add nutritional value and variety to school meals, but they cannot feed the whole school! To produce enough food for that, children would have to work very long hours. This is not ethical or educational, and would certainly be very unpopular - with both children and their parents. 1

1 Boarding schools and resident colleges - e.g. further education, teacher training - can usually produce more than normal schools. Some agricultural colleges are virtually self-sufficient in food.

Pride in the school comes first The most vigorous school garden projects take special pride in the whole school and its environment, as well as in the garden itself.

School gardens have many roles in the life of the school and community. They should be places where:

• it’s good to play, work and study;
• many projects are carried out - e.g. studying bugs, building tables, measuring rainfall;
• people meet people - e.g. community members, parents, children, school teachers, cooks;
• events take place - e.g. selling snacks, staging dramas, holding demonstrations or food fairs;
• work is displayed - e.g. garden art, photos, drawings, maps, written accounts;

everyone learns, including visitors and teachers.

Making income for the school is not enough Producing income may be an indispensable function of the garden, but it must be balanced by educational aims. Selling crops to make money should also have an educational dimension.

There may be negative attitudes to the garden Agriculture as an occupation and gardening as an activity may be seen as low-status, boring work. The school may need to work to change such attitudes and should start by discussing perceptions and objectives with all concerned.

Try to link garden work visibly to scholastic achievement in children’s schoolwork and homework: don’t leave reading and writing out of your garden programme!

Using the garden across the curriculum depends on the situation How far can the garden be integrated into the classroom curriculum? This depends on what subjects are offered (e.g. agriculture, environmental science, nutrition, business studies, home economics), how free teachers are to make their own way to established goals, whether cross-curricular project work is the norm, and so on. Individual teachers can of course use the garden independently to reinforce their subject teaching, and the school can include this in its in-service teacher education programme.

“Educating the community” requires caution

The school must be sure that it knows enough to teach the community and that the community is prepared to learn from it. Until that time, think of “consulting” the community rather than “educating” it - for example, schools can encourage children to report at home what they’re doing at school, invite families to visit the garden, create a model garden, distribute seedlings.

Schools should also learn from the community and make it clear that they are doing so.

B. PRIORITY AIMS

This Manual draws on the lessons of experience and promotes a wide concept of school gardens. In our view, school gardens should be seen primarily as a way of promoting healthy eating habits and good learning. They should not be seen mainly as sources of food or income, and especially not as a substitute for a school meals programme.

This Manual gives priority to:

• gardening for good nutrition and nutrition education;
• gardening and market gardening for learning;
• enhancing the school environment;
• involving the family and community;
• practising organic gardening;

developing life skills.

Here is why we think these are so important…

1. School gardens are good for children’s health and education.

Good diet is essential to education. Children who do not eat well do not grow and learn well. They are often sick, miss lessons and may drop out of school early. They have less chance of getting a good job.

School gardens are not just for food, but for better eating. School gardens can make a direct and immediate improvement in children’s diet. They can provide fruit and vegetables rich in vitamins and minerals, add nutritional value to school meals, increase the variety that is so important for health and growth, and help children to appreciate and enjoy this variety. They can also increase the foods available in the “hungry season”. Improving diet in this way can create long-term changes in practices and attitudes, and it does not rely on outside sources.

But children must not only eat better; they need to know how to eat better. Your school is an important setting for learning about food and nutrition. It is in close contact with families (who provide most of what children eat). If it provides school meals, it is helping to establish dietary habits. It can provide and emphasize clean water, sanitation and good hygiene and other nutrition-related health interventions such as deworming and vitamin A supplementation. School gardening completes this picture by teaching children to produce food, harvest it, store it and process it.

→ Will your garden put food first? Will you put the emphasis on nutrition and nutrition education?

2. School gardens are good for learning.

Gardens are good for learning: they are a highly practical and direct form of education, where children can see the results of their decisions and actions.

Learning how to grow good food not only improves health, it can also provide a livelihood and increase self-sufficiency. Where there are many orphans, school gardens help to give children the agricultural skills and values which parents can no longer pass on to them.

Apart from practical skills in agriculture and horticulture, gardens are a living laboratory for the study of environmental issues and life sciences.

For children a garden is an exciting place, full of things to see, discoveries to make, and achievements to celebrate. “Educational gardening” follows the school year, is attractive to pupils and teachers and does not need much space or money. It does, however, take time!

→ Will your garden make learning a priority?

3. School gardens teach business skills.

Many schools use their gardens and the children’s labour to create income for the school. This is a worthwhile practical aim, and sometimes a vital one for the school and its children. But the benefit is multiplied many times if this commercial activity is also treated as an educational exercise. Some students in rural areas will make their living in agriculture. Many others will expect to supplement incomes from other occupations by growing crops for cash. Others will start small businesses unrelated to agriculture. All of them stand in need of basic business thinking, business skills and above all hands-on business experience. These can be acquired painlessly and at little expense in the school garden, which is an excellent practical introduction to good commercial practice for older students.

→ Are business studies part of your curriculum? Can the garden be used for practical business skills?

4. School gardens improve the environment.

Respect for the immediate environment begins at home - and also at school. The school grounds have elements of the natural environment, the built environment and the social environment: earth, plants and trees, insects and wildlife, sun and shade; water supply and sanitation facilities, paths and fences, buildings and shelters; places for recreation and study, social life and contacts with the outside world. Children’s awareness of these, and the way they learn to treat them, will help them to grow into responsible adults. Projects to enhance the school’s grounds create awareness and pride, and raise the school’s reputation in the community. Even small improvements should be a part of the garden curriculum in every school year.

→ Is there room for improvement in your school grounds? Can it be part of the garden programme? Will you give it priority?

5. School gardens help and are helped by the family and community.

The family and community can be involved in planning, advising, enjoying and learning from school garden projects, as well as in lending practical help, expertise, support and sponsorship. The educational value of the garden is extended to the community in the form of demonstration plots, visits, produce, children’s homework, exhibitions, school open days and media coverage.

→ Will your garden involve and draw on families and the community? How?

6. School gardens are good for the earth.

Organic gardening conserves the soil, protects the environment and works with nature rather than against it. It is a method of growing food that relies on the earth’s natural resources, such as land, sun, air, rainfall, plants, animals and people. It uses natural methods to keep the soil fertile and healthy and to control insects, pests and diseases. It may produce results less quickly than conventional agriculture, which uses artificial fertilisers and pesticides, but in the long term it is healthier, more economical and more sustainable. Organic methods can help keep our water sources clean and free of chemicals. It is also safer for children because there are no dangerous chemicals. Commercially, it is increasingly profitable, as more and more people are asking for “organic” garden produce.

The organic methods we advise are:

• raised permanent beds, which need very little digging;
• crop rotation;
• natural fertilisers such as compost, green manure, animal manure;
• feeding animals on garden produce;
• using local varieties of plants and as many varieties as possible;
• conserving water by mulching, drip feeding, and using grey water;

using natural pest control methods which avoid artificial insecticides and pesticides.

You can find out more about organic gardening in the appendix Horticultural Notes .

→ Can your school adopt organic approaches? Will they fit the expectations of the community? How will you explain them to the children?

7. School gardens promote life skills: children grow with the garden.

“Life skills” are personal and social capacities such as managing work, planning and organizing, taking responsibility, working well together, understanding what one is doing, explaining it, taking pride in it and learning from experience. Including life skills in the garden curriculum means giving as much attention to “growing children” as to growing plants. It affects all activities and approaches. For example

If you only want to produce crops, then it is more efficient simply to tell children what to do. But if you want children to decide what to grow and understand what they are doing, a lot of time will be spent on discussing, explaining, observing and making choices.

The quickest way to make compost is to make one large heap. But if children are to learn how to do it and feel a sense of pride, it is better to have a small heap for each group.

If you are mainly interested in production, then children’s mistakes and disputes will be seen as annoying delays in the action plan. If, however, you are interested in life skills, they are opportunities for discussion, part of the learning process in social and personal development.

→ Will you make life skills one of your garden’s main aims?

C. MISSION STATEMENTS

Once you have an idea of the main aims of your school garden, record them in a general mission statement. This can then be discussed by representatives of the school, parents, children, the garden group, sponsors and so on. There are some examples in the box below.

MISSION STATEMENTS

There are natural limits to all ambitions! Get advice and discuss what is feasible. Start small and improve your garden step by step. Each year a new feature can be introduced. Your ambitions can grow with the garden.

Decide the school garden’s priority aims - provisionally.

Draft a mission statement for the school garden, showing main aims and interests.

Discuss the draft mission statement with pupils, parents, the head teacher, school staff, the garden group, the pupils and interested outsiders. Then revise it and make it public.

Find out how organic gardening methods are regarded in your area.

Make a preliminary decision about the size and scope of the garden (Remember: Start small!).

Outputs: finalized mission statement.

First Things First

Many lessons can be done before garden work begins. They can open up discussions with pupils about the aims and uses of gardens, give background information about plants, soil and gardening, introduce ideas of good gardening, and help children to set up a garden record

1. Shall we have a garden? Pupils join the debate about whether to have a school garden. Objectives Pupils become aware of the uses of gardens and their positive aspects, recognize their own potential role, discuss reasons for having a school garden and feel motivated to start.

Activities Pupils discuss gardens they know, posting up words and pictures of the items discussed: what they produce, what happens to the crops, what other things are found in gardens (e.g. taps, fences) and what they are for.They describe gardening jobs they know (e.g. weeding, digging) and discuss what they would like to do in a school garden, recording their ideas on the displayed words or pictures.

2. What plants like A key lesson for all aspects of horticulture and nature study. Objectives Pupils become aware of plants’ needs and identify the needs of particular plants.

Activities Pupils find ailing and healthy plants, describe them and note differences. They then imagine that they are plants, with roots (legs) and leaves (fingers) and answer questions:

• What do your roots like? Lots of space? Being squashed together? Being firmly fixed? Wet? Dry?
• What do your leaves like? Dark? Light? Open air? Blowing in the wind?

What does your plant like? Lots of space? A lot of big weeds nearby? Good food every day? Bugs and insects (some are friends and some are enemies)?

Children speculate about why the sick plants are not well, then act out a mime or drama of young plants threatened by dangers and rescued by children.

3. Starting with soil Children look closely at soil .

Objectives Pupils learn to distinguish topsoil and subsoil, recognize good soil by feel and sight, and become aware of all the components of soil.

Activities In the school grounds pupils dig a hole to observe topsoil and subsoil, then inspect samples of good and poor soil, answer questions about them and learn the slogan “Good soil is damp, dark, crumbly and full of life” . On sheets of paper they sort soil components into four sets: things from plants, things from animals, live things and “other”, and learn to approve of organic content. They also do experiments to establish that soil contains air (put a soil sample in water), and water (cover a sample with a plate and leave in the sun).

4. Soil quality Simple experiments investigate soil quality and drainage.

Objectives Pupils have a good understanding of soil structure and its importance.

Activities Students discuss which soil components contribute to: opening up the soil for air, water, roots; keeping the surface soft; providing essential food for plants; dissolving nutrients; holding soil in place; holding plants firm; allowing animals and bacteria to live; trapping water or helping it to drain. They identify the type of soil in the school garden (clay, silt, sand) by feel. Soil quality is tested by making a “mudshake” with soil and water and letting it stand for two days until the sand/silt/clay/organic matter settles out (ideal proportions are clay 4, silt 4, sand 2 and about 5 percent organic matter). They test drainage by digging a hole, filling it with water, letting it drain, filling it again and timing how fast it drains with a measuring stick (should be 6–10 cm per hour). Finally, they recognize that adding compost is the way to improve soil drainage.

(Experiments suggested by Guy et al. , 1996.)

5. Seeds and germination This lesson combines science with healthy snacking.

Objectives Pupils understand the nature of seeds and know how they germinate; they learn how to produce edible sprouts, and eat and savour them.

Activities Pupils inspect some seeds and discuss which plants they come from, then offer ideas about what seeds are (e.g. a plant egg, a food store, a sleeping plant). To make seed sprouts, they put suitable seeds (e.g. alfalfa, barley, broccoli, celery, lentils, beans, pumpkin, sunflower, wheat) to soak for a day, pour off the water, put in a glass jar, cover with a cloth and leave the jar on its side in a warm dim place in the classroom. Pupils predict what will happen. Twice a day they rinse the seeds with cool water, observe what is happening and compare it with predictions. After the seeds have sprouted, put them in the light for a day or two until they turn green, and then eat them - with ceremony! Pupils repeat the experiment at home and explain it to families.

6. Growing plants This lesson provides an overview of the plant life cycle in relation to food plants.

Objectives Pupils become aware of how plants are grown and the relation to the plant’s life cycle

Activities Pupils speculate on what happens after seeds have sprouted. They look at plants in different stages of development (seedling, growing plant, flowering plant, fruiting plant and seedhead), place them in order and find others in the school grounds to fit each category. They then apply these categories to crops they know well, or are planning to grow, deciding in each case if we harvest leaves, stems, roots, fruit or seeds.

A lettuce seedhead

7. Organic gardening Organic gardening is healthier for children, for crops and for the environment.

Objectives Pupils learn how to improve conditions for plants using natural methods.

Activities Pupils find a “sad plant”, name it, and discuss how to improve its life in answer to these questions: Has it got enough space and light? Is the earth very hard/too dry/too wet? Does it have rich soil to feed it? Is it being attacked or eaten? How can we go on helping it grow? They take appropriate action, label the plant with date, diagnosis and remedial action, and monitor it for the following two weeks. Older children follow up by researching questions about organic approaches (e.g. What is mulching and what is the point? Is it good to use fertiliser? What kind? What worms and insects are good for the garden? (see Organic gardening in the appendix Horticultural Notes ).

8. The garden file Recording the life of the garden reinforces learning and heightens motivation.

Objectives Pupils are motivated to keep records of gardening events and activities, learn how to make a documentary record and become aware of its value.

Activities The teacher shows some well-known “garden documents” (e.g. photos, map, drawings). Pupils arrange them in chronological order, suggest titles, captions and dates for each and nominate writers to label the documents. The teacher shows how to file the documents in a “Garden File” and gets individuals to insert them one by one. The students discuss what they will put in the file (Best work? Photos? Visitors’ comments?) and where to keep it so it is accessible but safe. Finally they discuss what should go on the cover and front page and nominate class members to do the lettering, cover picture, etc. Volunteers undertake to explain and show the file to absent students.

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Long and Short Essay on My Garden in English

My garden essay 1 (200 words).

My Garden is my favourite part of my house. I can spend hours in my garden without getting bored. It makes me come alive and I just love that feeling.

It is my mother who maintains the garden at our place just as she takes care of various other household chores. She is a huge nature lover and it was her idea to build a beautiful garden at home even though there isn’t a lot of space here. Most of the people in our neighbourhood have converted this place in their house into car parking area or have covered the place to build a small room. But my mother chose to convert this small piece of land into a lovely garden.

Our garden is full of colourful flowers. We have a row of roses on one side and a row of seasonal flowers on the other side. These flowers include marigold, petunia, pansy, hollyhock, aster, alyssum, hibiscus, sunflowers and lilies. It is extremely delightful to see these flowers blooming. My mother ensures that the plants get water and manure regularly so that they grow and bloom the way they should. I also help my mother with these activities.

I am thankful to my mother for giving me such a beautiful place to sit and rejoice nature.

My Garden Essay 2 (300 words)

Introduction

My garden is full of aromatic herbs. My grandfather loves gardening and I love helping him with this activity. We have grown numerous types of plants in our garden. Most of these are herbs such as aloe vera, basil, mint, coriander, curry plant and lemon grass. This helps in two ways. It adds to the beauty of the house and also provides natural herbs that offer so many health benefits.

My Morning Begins Here

My morning begins in my garden. As I wake up, the first thing I do is to head straight to my garden. It is the best way to begin my day. I just love the essence of this place. My grandfather is already seated on the small bench we have placed there. I go and sit right next to him. I practice deep breathing for around 15 minutes and then have a look at the various plants around the garden. The sight is extremely refreshing. I begin with my daily tasks only after spending around half an hour in my garden.

The Best Way to Spend My Evening

I often go out with my friends in the evening after my tuition classes. It gives me respite after a long day at school and coaching institute. We go to the nearby market to have some evening snacks and chit chat for a while before heading home. While I do look forward to this time every day, I love spending the evening hours in my garden all the more. Many a times, I call my friends to my place. We sit in the garden while my mother serves hot soup and snacks. For me, it is simply the best way to spend the evening hours.

My garden is an integral part of my life. This place can uplift my mood in fraction of seconds. I help my grandfather take care of my garden.

My Garden Essay 3 (400 words)

I just love nature. Hills, valleys, sunsets, sea, plants, trees and flowers – I love everything that is natural and organic. Every time we visit a hill station, I feel like staying there forever. It gets difficult for me to return as I feel so attached to the very essence of the places where nature can be seen in its pure, unadulterated form.

My Garden – My Idea

While I cannot bring along hills and valleys back home, I can certainly feel the enchanting smell of the flowers and plants by growing some at my place. As we were coming back from our trip to Assam, I was missing the lush green tea gardens and the beautiful flowers in the botanical garden there. It was like I had left my heart there. It was then that the idea of growing my own garden sprang in my mind. I spoke about it to my sister and she was equally thrilled.

Since we live in a flat, we did not have a proper area that could be turned into a garden. However, we could certainly fill one of our balconies with different types of flowers and feel their aroma fill in our house.

We spoke about the idea with our parents and they agreed to it on the condition that we will have to take care of the entire thing on our own.

Our Visit to the Nursery

On the weekend that followed, I and my sister visited the nearby nursery. There were numerous flowers out there and it was difficult to choose a few among them. It took almost 2 hours to choose the plants we wanted to get home. Among the flowering plants we choose rose, marigold, pansy and aster. Besides, we also brought home areca palm, spider plant, aloe vera, basil and asparagus. The nursery in-charge told us ways to take care of different plants so that they remain green for long.

We handpicked the plant pots. Most of them were white coloured plastic pots of the same size. We called home a gardener to place all the plants in the pots. Once this was done, we arranged the pots strategically so that the entire balcony was evenly covered with them. It looked beautiful.

We visit the nursery quite often to pick more plants to add to our collection. Seasonal flowers do not last long and we love picking different plants to fill their place.

I personally take care of each and every plant grown in my garden. Our balcony turned garden is extremely beautiful and we often receive compliments for the same from our neighbours and friends.

My Garden Essay 4 (500 words)

I always wanted to grow a garden at my place but it did not seem possible as we lived in a small flat in Delhi. There was a beautiful garden at my friend, Riya’s place and I wished we had one too every time I saw it. My prayers were soon heard and we shifted to my father’s home town, Chandigarh. The house here was big and there was enough space that could be turned into a garden.

Hiring a Professional Gardener

Luckily for me, my mother is as fond of plants and flowers as me. Thus, I did not have to convince her to grow a garden she too wanted to do it. After we got settled in the new place, we decided to shape the barren piece of land at our place into a garden. Since, the house had been vacant since years the soil in the garden was not good enough to grow grass and plants immediately.

So, my mother decided to hire a professional gardener. He worked on the soil for about a week during which he watered it regularly, used different tools to dig it and poured manure. Soon after, he planted grass and a few plants. We were delighted to see our little garden blooming.

Growing the Garden

I and my mother decided to visit the nursery to buy different plants for our garden. It was summer season and the nursery was blooming with pink and white lilies, colourful hibiscus, roses, pansies, sunflowers and bougainvillea. We loved them all and it was extremely difficult to choose among them. After mulling for over an hour, we finally choose a few saplings of hibiscus, bougainvillea, lilies and roses.

The saplings we brought were planted strategically in different parts of the garden. The bougainvillea being a climber was planted near the fence. Within a month it climbed the fence and spread over it. The beautiful bunches of pink flowers that grew on it were a visual treat. We decided to plant similar flowers together. So the roses were planted in one corner. A row of lilies was set close by and hibiscus plants were planted at the other corner of the garden. It all looked extremely beautiful. The plants soon found their roots in the garden and small buds began to spout. Each time I saw a bud, I got extremely thrilled. Our garden was soon blossoming with flowers. The sweet fragrance of the flowers filled our house.

It has been 3 years now and my garden is filled with a variety of flowers and leafy plants. We keep bringing different types of flowers from time to time. However, roses, lilies and bougainvillea can always be found in my garden. We have also added a row of basil. The aroma of basil is quite soothing. We also use it in our kitchen quite frequently.

We still have the same professional gardener who works with dedication and takes care of my garden very well.

It is quite amazing to have a garden at home. I am thankful that we shifted to a city like Chandigarh where I could have the luxury of growing a garden.

My Garden Essay 5 (600 words)

For me, a garden is an integral part of the house. This is because I have seen one at my place ever since I my childhood. I have learned to crawl, walk and eat in my garden. I have numerous fond memories attached to it and it forms an important part of my life. It is my grandmother who beautified this place. She has put immense efforts in growing the garden and maintaining it.

Benefits of Gardening:

• The Gazebo in My Garden

Since we live on the outskirts of the city, we have the luxury of having a big house and quite a big garden. Besides the beautiful trees and flowers that form a part of my garden, there is a beautiful gazebo set up here that adds to its beauty. The gazebo is set in one corner of the garden and it is my favourite spot. My father chose its design and it is appreciated by all.

We host a lot of parties at home and the gazebo is a hot favourite spot of the guests. During the times, when the weather is pleasant, my parents usually plan barbeque in the garden and everyone just loves sitting in the Gazebo with their plate of snacks.

I also love spending some time during the evening hours at this quite place in my garden. Many a times, I also study here. I find it easier to concentrate here compared to other parts of my house.

• Organic Vegetables and Fruits in My Garden

Besides beautiful rows of leafy plants and multi-hued flowers, my grandmother has also planted many vegetables in our garden. Spinach, tomatoes, potatoes, green chillies, carrots and eggplants are among some of the vegetables that grow in my garden. Herbs such as coriander, mint and curry plant have also been planted. All these vegetables grow in abundance in my garden and we often cut and cook them for our meals.

Apart from these, my garden also has quite a few fruit trees. Lemon tree, mango tree, banana tree and papaya tree have always been a part of it. They bear fruits and fill the air with their refreshing smell. Many a times, I have been made to climb the mango tree to pluck the mangoes. It is super fun and I always look forward to it.

Maintaining Garden is not Easy – a tough task

Though having a garden adds to the beauty of the house, it is quite a task to maintain it. Many people love the idea of growing plants and try their hands at it but give up in some time. This is because plants require utmost care. It is essential for you to take care of them on a daily basis in order to keep them fresh and green and help them grow.

Plants do not only require water but also need different types of manures to grow. Hats off to my grandmother who is so dedicated towards taking care of our garden even at this age. She makes sure the plants are watered twice a day and all the required manures are added from time to time. She also ensures that weeds and unwanted plants that hamper the growth of the other plants are removed timely.

We have hired a professional gardener who comes to our place thrice a week and takes care of our garden. My grandmother supervises him and gets the tasks done properly.

Some of the best memories of my childhood are attached to my garden. I love it when my entire family sits together in the garden to have their evening tea. I also love the winter afternoons when we have our lunch in the garden. It is simply amazing. Having a garden at home is blissful.

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Essay on my garden for class 1 students.

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A garden is a designed area of land adjacent to a house where fresh plants, flowers, and fruits in trees and other elements of nature are cultivated. Natural and man-made materials are used in the garden. Many individuals take up gardening as a pastime because it allows them to clear their minds while being surrounded by natural beauty such as trees and birds.

The Garden is one of the best places in the house according to me. As it is the only place where we all get some relief from a busy schedule. Moreover, having a garden in the house provides many health benefits. Example, a garden has many plants which produce oxygen.

My Garden Essay

My house has a small garden. It contains different types of plants like it consists of various flowers such as roses, lilies, sunflowers and daisies. 

All flowers have different colors but I like roses.

My mother also grows vegetables in the garden. 

We grow vegetables like tomatoes, sweet potatoes, carrots, cauliflower and coriander.

My garden is very beautiful and daily birds come to drink water.

My Mummy and I take care of the garden daily by giving water to all plants in the morning and evening.

In my garden, I have swings like a see-saw, slides.

My friends come to my garden everyday and I enjoy playing with them.

One cat comes to my garden and I feed her everyday.

My grandmother and I put grains and a small pot of water for birds.

I love my garden.

The given example, "An essay about my garden for Class 1," can help your kids in learning how to write a paragraph on my garden for Class 1. Furthermore, we hope that this article will assist your students in producing an essay on their own, thereby improving their English writing abilities.

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1. Why is gardening a good hobby for children?

Gardening teaches many things to kids like science, math, nutrition and literacy. Gardening also allows them to learn things practically, they will also experiment and share knowledge with others. Gardening teaches patience, nurturing, a sense of pride which introduces them to have healthy food and even allows them to give back to their friends and neighbours. Moreover, to have a good source of fresh and healthy produce gardening can ease stress. It also keeps you limber and which will improve your mood. Gardening will also benefit your physical and mental health, and how you can start harvesting those benefits for your kids.

2. Why is gardening so fun?

 Spending some time in the garden in fresh air and sunshine is an effective way to boost your mood and de-stress. In fact, gardening has shown to be helpful in reducing the risk of depression. If something is weighing heavily on your mind, gardening can allow you to focus on an activity that will bring you joy

3. What kind of memories do kids have with their garden?

Gardening is my favorite pastime, and they like spending time in it. In front of my house, they have a small, lovely garden. In my yard, there are many lovely flowers such as roses, orchids, sunflowers, and lilies. Their  grandparents enjoy gardening and take care of our garden on a daily basis. They showed me how to water the plants on a daily basis. Every evening, they play in the garden with Jimmy, their favorite dog. Whenever my family and they travel on vacation, they stop by the local nurseries to pick up more plant saplings for their garden. Orchids are their favorite flower, and they have several types in their garden. The sun shines brightly on the flowers every day, and lovely butterflies fly above them. In their garden, there is an apple tree that produces delicious fruit. They  love playing in my garden.

4. What is a garden?

Garden is one of the most beautiful and important parts of every house. It is a source of fresh and pure air as many plants and trees are planted in it. It provides us fresh fruits (like oranges, grapes, apples)  and vegetables (like, tomatoes, lemons, green chillies, coriander, mint). Beautiful flowers like roses, marigold, tulips, orchids are grown which makes the garden beautiful. These flowers are home for butterflies and their presence makes it even more beautiful. Small nests are also placed for birds. Garden is the place where kids love to spend their time.

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Kindergarten is an important time in a child's education as they begin to learn the basics of reading, writing, and math. One way to help young students develop their writing skills is by assigning them essay topics that are both engaging and age-appropriate. Here are 110 kindergarten essay topic ideas and examples to inspire young writers:

• My favorite animal
• A day at the beach
• My favorite color
• My favorite food
• My best friend
• My favorite toy
• My favorite book
• My favorite movie
• My favorite season
• A day in the park
• My favorite sport
• My favorite holiday
• My favorite superhero
• A day at the zoo
• My favorite cartoon character
• My favorite place to visit
• My favorite subject in school
• My favorite bedtime story
• My favorite game to play
• My favorite thing to do on a rainy day
• My favorite thing to do on a sunny day
• My favorite ice cream flavor
• My favorite fruit
• My favorite vegetable
• My favorite dessert
• My favorite school lunch
• My favorite snack
• My favorite weather
• My favorite type of pet
• My favorite type of plant
• My favorite type of insect
• My favorite type of bird
• My favorite type of fish
• My favorite type of reptile
• My favorite type of mammal
• My favorite type of amphibian
• My favorite type of arachnid
• My favorite type of crustacean
• My favorite type of mollusk
• My favorite type of arthropod
• My favorite type of echinoderm
• My favorite type of cnidarian
• My favorite type of porifera
• My favorite type of protozoa
• My favorite type of bacteria
• My favorite type of virus
• My favorite type of fungi
• My favorite type of algae
• My favorite type of protoctista
• My favorite type of plantae
• My favorite type of animalia
• My favorite type of monera
• My favorite type of archaea
• My favorite type of prokaryote
• My favorite type of eukaryote
• My favorite type of protista
• My favorite type of animal

These kindergarten essay topics are designed to help young students practice their writing skills while also expressing their creativity and imagination. Whether they choose to write about their favorite animal, their family, or a day at the beach, these topics will inspire children to develop their writing skills and create engaging essays. With a little guidance and encouragement, kindergarten students can become confident writers who are able to express themselves through their words.

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How to Create a Children’s Sensory Garden

Gardens are, by their very nature, a wonderfully sensory experience. Even the simplest walk through a rose garden or a apple orchard will immerse you in a variety of scents, sights and sounds.

Creating a sensory garden for kids is a great way to encourage them to spend time in nature and to help them develop a love of gardening and all things green.

You can specially plan your sensory garden to appeal to all five senses and, by doing so will provide kids with education, rich experiences and a sense of having been on an adventure.

You may also be interested in creating these garden experiences –  – DIY Fairy Garden for Kids  – Creating a butterfly garden for kids 

What is a Sensory Garden?

A sensory garden allows the individual to enjoy a variety of sensory experiences by stimulating all five senses. They have a range of benefits especially amongst children.

A sensory garden should include all five senses: sight, smell, hearing, taste and touch . This will be easier with some senses than with others, but with a bit of thought and planning, all the senses can be incorporated into your garden.

What are the Benefits of a Sensory Garden?

Sensory gardens have a range of benefits for children both physically and mentally especially for those living with disability.

Some of the benefits of a sensory garden include:

– Sensory stimulation – it wouldn’t be a sensory garden without sensory stimulation of course!

– Encouraging physical activity – get moving in the garden to increase muscle strength, cardiovascular fitness and even coordination and balance. Being physically active can also improve mental wellbeing.

– Creating and maintaining relationships – working with others can teach children team work, communication and patience.

– Creating a calm space for reflection and meditation

– Building responsibility and accomplishment

Here are some ideas of how you can use plants and other gardening elements to appeal to your child’s senses.

Sight is probably the easiest sense to create in your garden. You should try to plant flowers from all colors of the spectrum. A fun, and educational, way to group them could be either in the seven colors of the rainbow, or in primary colors.

What plants are good for a sensory garden? Here are some plants that you could consider including in your garden, to appeal to your kids’ sense of sight.

– Roses come in all different colors but red roses usually smell fragrant as well.

– Lavender and some salvias are a beautiful lilac and purple.

– Nasturtiums and marigolds are yellow and orange.

– Pansies and violas come in every shade and have happy faces.

– Borage flowers, hydrangeas, clematis and rosemary blossoms are a beautiful blue.

– Begonias and Dianthas come in all shades of pink.

– Don’t forget white flowers . They add an ethereal feel, ideal for moonlit strolls.

– Blacks and browns are found in bark , seeds and cones .

Another way to appeal to a kid’s sense of sight is to include different shapes . Flowers, trees and grasses all come in different shapes and sizes.

Fennel and asparagus are feathery. Borage flowers are shaped like stars and passion fruits are oval. The list goes on and on – it’s as long as your imagination!

Including these kinds of plants can help kids to learn about different shapes, patterns and other tactile experiences.

One bonus of planting a garden, is the arrival of butterflies and bees, which will naturally gravitate to a garden filled with bright colors and sweet nectar. Click here to learn more about Creating a Butterfly Garden for Kids.

Hearing is probably the most difficult sense to incorporate into your sensory garden, as plants are generally silent.

However there are ways to include sound in your garden. Using the seasons is a great way to appeal to a kid’s sense of hearing.

During fall, you can hear the rustling leaves and the sound of the wind through trees. In winter you can listen for the crunch of the frosty grass beneath your feet, and in spring and summer you can listen for the sound of the humming beetles and buzzing bees .

All year around you can make your garden a home for birds. You can place bird feeders and bird baths to encourage bird song.

You may want to include an artificial sound like a wind-chime, which hangs in a tree.  Another idea is to create a sensory pathway, through the garden, with crunchy wood chips or gravel. You could even add a solar powered water fountain for the soft trickling of water in the background.

Whenever you are out in the garden, ask the kids what sounds they can hear, to make them aware of the subtleties of sound in the sensory garden.

Kids love to smell things and the garden is a wonderful place to find all sorts of scents. The smell of flowers, damp earth and aromatic herbs are just some of the many scents you can find in the garden.

As you walk around, you can help guide them to name scents of the plants. For example, mint smells like toothpaste and roses smell like Granny’s perfume.

You can make a sensory pathway of mint , thyme or lawn chamomile . As the kids walk along it, their little feet will crush the plants and they’ll be delighted by the smells which are released.

This is also the perfect opportunity to explain how plants smell strongly to attract pollinators or to repel pests.

The sense of taste is a really fun one for kids to experience out in the garden. Herbs are probably the best plants to include in your sensory garden, as many of them are edible.

Herbs like mint , thyme , fennel and rosemary will offer kids a variety of different tastes. Plus, they will love recognising and tasting the different flavors, like the liquorice flavor in fennel or the roast chicken flavor in thyme. If you are short on space, check out our latest Herbie Aerogarden reviews .

Some flowers, like pineapple sage , have sweet tasting sap which children can suck from the base of the flower.

It’s very important to teach children not to taste plants without asking first though, as some plants are poisonous. Even though you would not plant them in your own sensory garden, they might get into the habit of tasting plants in other situations.

You can also teach kids about different tastes, like bitter, sour, sweet and salty, as long as you supervise it. Wormwood and aloe are bitter. Lemons and sweet clover are sour. Stevia and fennel are sweet and salt bush is very salty!

There are loads of ways to incorporate taste in your sensory garden, you could even make a herb tea or cordial as a treat at the end of the walk.

It’s easy to find plants with different textures and shapes. Rough, smooth, sharp, furry, spongy and soft are just a few of the tactile experiences plants can offer.

– Aloe vera is spongy and full of gooey sap.

– Lambs’ ears are soft and furry.

– Rose thorns are sharp.

– Many conifers are rough to touch.

– Lemon leaves are smooth and shiny.

Let the kids gently rub leaves to release the scent. It teaches them to handle plants safely and responsibly, and it’s fun.

Final Thoughts

A children’s sensory garden can be created in big and winding spaces or in smaller areas like large patio pots.

Wherever you decide to create your sensory garden for kids, remember they are ideal for kids of all ages but can be particularly beneficial for kids with learning problems or disabilities.

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79 Kindergarten Essay Topic Ideas & Examples

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• Weather and Climate for Kindergarten This lesson sequence is the introductory step towards learning the basic concept of weather and climatic changes in the Earth Science curriculum.
• Lead Exposure in Pre-Kindergarten Children Lead poisoning is as a result of accumulation of lead metal in the blood caused by inhalation or ingestion of lead over a period of time.
• Phonemic Awareness and Word Recognition in Kindergarten Blachman and Ball define phonemic awareness as the awareness that spoken words are made up of individual sounds; the ability to identify the individual phonemes of a word.
• Effects of Full-day Kindergarten on Achievement These changes in the American culture and in schooling over the past 2 decades have had their impact on the reputation of full-day, all-day-a-week kindergarten education in a number of communities.
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• Learning for Kindergarten: Five Senses Objective: By the end of the lesson, the students will be able to define the key five sense and explain, which body organ is responsible for sensing a corresponding signal, as well as define the […]
• Reading Unit Plan for Kindergarten Students The aim of the lesson plan is to teach the students to read and write by the end of the course.
• A Pre-Kindergarten Teacher Analysis When speaking about the prestige and relevance of the profession of a pre-kindergarten teacher, it is possible to say that at the national level, this occupation is encouraged, and jobs can be found almost always.
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• Pre-Kindergarten Education: Program and Resources The challenge that is proposed to be reviewed within the framework of the current letter is the universalization of pre-K education.
• Kindergarten Business Venture: La Trobe University The staff members and students with kids in the university’s kindergarten will be in a position to put more effort into their studies or roles within the institution.
• Teacher Career: Staff Development in Kindergartens The level of professional development of the teachers at the kindergarten stage plays a key role in the general development of pupils and the quality of education they receive at the end of the day.
• Education: Bilingual Kindergarten A major problem with bilingualism in kindergartens is that it leads to a lack of mastery in either of the languages.
• The Comparison of Montessori Education and a Regular Mathematics Program in Kindergarten Classroom Furthermore, it will compare the strengths and the weaknesses of the Montessori system with a regular mathematics program in order to determine the extent to which it benefits students.
• Student Engagement and Student Motivation in a Reading Classroom for the Kindergarten Level The tasks have to be short and able to stimulate the curiosity and creativity of the children This strategy requires that the tasks offered are short enough to allow the children to complete them.
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My School Garden Essay for Class 3

Nature never disappoints to amaze us with its beauty. From vibrant flowers and plants to cheerful birds and butterflies – we can see them all in gardens. The School Garden is one of the most favourite places of students in the school. Kids can do many activities there, for example, planting a tree in their school gardens, playing, etc. In this essay, I will be describing my school garden in detail.

We are providing two essay samples for students of class 3 on the topic ‘My School Garden’ for reference.

Short Essay on My School Garden of 100 Words

I study at Delhi Public School. My school garden is filled with some very pretty and colourful flowers and plants. Sometimes butterflies come to our garden too.

Our garden is huge. My school garden is not only big but also very pleasant.

It is located in front of the main building at my school. It has a dedicated gardener, Ramu kaka, who regularly water the plants.

Our garden has flowers like marigold and roses; and trees like the peepal and neem tree. After having my lunch, I love spending my time in the school garden admiring its beauty. I love my school garden.

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Long Essay on My School Garden of 150 Words

I study at Delhi Public School. My school has a very big garden. It’s not just a big garden, but it’s also one of the most pretty gardens I have ever seen. My school garden is located just in front of that main primary school building.

I have seen many workers and gardeners work on maintaining the garden during the time we have classes. They plant a variety of plants and trees. They water them and take care of the flowers.

The garden has a large variety of plants and flowers. Thick thorny shrubs border the garden. My school garden has flowers such as sunflowers, tulips, marigolds, daisies, roses, jasmine, etc. It also has huge trees such as neem, litchi, and a mango tree.

We are only allowed to visit the garden during our recess, and once our environmental science teacher took us there to identify various plants. The garden not only makes our school beautiful but also adds some much-needed greenery. I love spending time in my school garden.

10 Lines on My School Garden In English

• We have a beautiful garden in our school.
• It’s huge and is filled with greenery.
• Our school’s gardener, Ramu kaka, takes care of it
• We also plant a tree sapling in our school garden every year on World Forest Day.
• We also water the plants sometimes.
• We grow different types of flower and fruit plants in our garden.
• Our school campus is always refreshed and scented with the fragrance of jasmine and tulips grown in our garden.
• There are many trees like peepal, mango, and lichi there too.
• Many children go to the garden to play during break time.
• We are proud of our garden.

Frequently Asked Questions on My School Garden

Question: What to plant in a school garden?

Answer – Many plants can be grown in a school garden. Some of the plants that are commonly seen in gardens are hibiscus, roses, and tulips.

Question: How can the students help to maintain the school garden?

Answer – Students can help by not plucking the beautiful flowers and leaves and not littering the garden space. They can also water the plant once in a while with the teacher’s permission.

Question: Why is it important to have a clean school garden?

Answer – As humans, we all need plants for oxygen and a balanced environment. So having a clean garden in school will not only keep us healthy, but it’s also beneficial to our environment.

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