Get Your Family’s Garden Growing
by National Wildlife Federation
Do you want to garden but fear you lack a “green thumb?” Not sure how to begin? Feel too busy to start and maintain a garden?
Fear not! Even if you’ve never gardened, or only have space for containers, there are simple and fun ways to get your family gardening together. You’ll enjoy growing your own food and flowers, spending quality family time outside, and helping provide food and shelter for local wildlife.
6 Simple Steps to Gardening Success
- Plan your space and what to plant
- Shop, Swap & Borrow tools, seeds, and starter plants
- Prepare soil for planting
- Plant what you’d like to grow
- Maintain by watering and weeding regularly
- Enjoy the fruits (vegetables and flowers) of your labor!
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Tons of Tips & Activities
- How you can fit each step into your schedule
- Advice from parents on how they do it
- Tips for small-space gardening like porches and patios
- Ideas to get kids involved like choosing plants and lots of digging!
- Ways to save money on plants and tools
- Insight on what plants to grow
- Lots of activities for kids in the garden: painting, planting, pizza gardens and so much more!
 | American childhood has moved indoors during the last two decades, taking a mental and physical toll on today’s kids. The “Be Out There” movement from the National Wildlife Federation aims to get 10 million kids outside, running, and playing. Your child is one in a million, take the pledge to Be Out There and make them one of 10 million. |
© 2012 National Wildlife Federation.
