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Flower Culture Requirements
Many of the same guidelines apply to flower gardens as vegetable gardens. One way to have fun with flowers would be to have a theme. Theme gardens are like planning a great party or getting to decorate your kids' bedrooms over each year - only gardens grow and blossom. To create a theme, you can borrow from birthday and Fall themes or stick to the children's classics, such as Peter Rabbit (don't forget the carrots and the blue jacket) or the Wizard of Oz (poppies, yellow brick, and of course a scarecrow. Here are a few fresh ideas. Outer Space: Grow vines up a rocket fashioned of bamboo canes. Hang some hand-made stars and planets from the canes and think cosmic when it comes to plants: cosmos, of course, rocket flowers, moonflowers, moon and stars watermelon...the sky's the limit.
Pocahontas' Own - Forget the Disney version of this classic story. As a child, the real Pocahontas and her Powhatan playmates sat in scarecrow huts waiting for crows to dare to eat the 'Nothstine' or 'Golden Bantam' corn. they had face-painted ceremonial poles encircling their gardens. Passionflowers entwined their 'Mammoth' sunflowers. Of course, they grew crookneck squash and beans (similar to 'Turkey Craw'), too.
July Fourth - Plan ahead for your local Independence Day celebration, and you'll be properly decorated. You may even have a float for the town parade if you plant your garden in a mobile little red wagon. Let red, white, and blue flowers abound. Include a sweet alyssum border, geraniums, lobelia, cosmos, begonias, and impatiens. For the finishing touch, add American flags to the mix.
Alphabet Gardens - This is just one fun idea if you have room for 26 plants. Let your youngster choose from asters to zinnias, and make signs for each plant.
Color Theme Garden - Does your child have a favorite color? Have them do an entire flower garden with that color as their theme.
Here are a number of websites that may give you more ideas on how to teach your kids gardening:
Pocahontas' Own - Forget the Disney version of this classic story. As a child, the real Pocahontas and her Powhatan playmates sat in scarecrow huts waiting for crows to dare to eat the 'Nothstine' or 'Golden Bantam' corn. they had face-painted ceremonial poles encircling their gardens. Passionflowers entwined their 'Mammoth' sunflowers. Of course, they grew crookneck squash and beans (similar to 'Turkey Craw'), too.
July Fourth - Plan ahead for your local Independence Day celebration, and you'll be properly decorated. You may even have a float for the town parade if you plant your garden in a mobile little red wagon. Let red, white, and blue flowers abound. Include a sweet alyssum border, geraniums, lobelia, cosmos, begonias, and impatiens. For the finishing touch, add American flags to the mix.
Alphabet Gardens - This is just one fun idea if you have room for 26 plants. Let your youngster choose from asters to zinnias, and make signs for each plant.
Color Theme Garden - Does your child have a favorite color? Have them do an entire flower garden with that color as their theme.
Here are a number of websites that may give you more ideas on how to teach your kids gardening:
- Pizza Garden
- Kids Valley Garden - Tips and ideas for kids interested in gardening
- My First Garden
- kinderGARDEN - An introduction to the many ways children can interact with plants and the outdoors
- The Great Plant Escape - Unlock the amazing mysteries of plant life!
- DIY Gardening
- Grow a Sunflower House for Your Kids
