You want to start young when teaching the next generation about gardening. That way, they grow up with a love for soil, seeds, and plants. Children’s books about gardening can nurture a lasting appreciation for getting in the dirt and nurturing life that grows.
Gardening allows children to learn the importance of producing their own food. Plus, you teach them about the value of plants and nature. When they learn to garden, they understand the value of helping another living thing.
A great way to get children to appreciate gardening is with a book. One that is appropriate for their age. This let’s them explore everything wonderful that gardening has to offer.
There are some great children’s books about gardening. And here are some of the best.
From Seed to Plant by Gail Gibbons
This book contains illustrations and easy to understand language. And it covers everything in gardening from pollination to germination. Children will finish the book with a good understanding and excitement about gardening.
As an added bonus, this book offers children exciting seed growing projects. Plus, they’ll learn all sorts of fun facts about plants. And they’ll see diagrams to let them see plants up close and personal
Age Range – 4 to 8 years old
Gardening Lab for Kids – Renata Fossen Brown
Here’s a book of 52 fun gardening activities that are educational too. Kids learn everything about growing plants. This starts with teaching about seeds and goes all the way to eating the food you grow.
Each lesson encourages kids to get dirty by going back into nature. One week’s project has kids learning about the elements in soil. And the next week, they’re building a bird feeder. This book is packed with fun activities for all experience levels.
Age Range – All ages
How a Seed Grows by Helene Jordan
Here’s a great picture book to read out loud to your little ones. Perfect for that inquisitive boy or girl who just loves exploring the outdoors. It’s a story you can share together to see how a simple seed can help grow a garden.
At the start of a seed’s existence, it is small. But as you give it water, sun, and soil, you can see that seed grow into something bigger. And once it grows, it transforms into maybe a vegetable, or even a huge tree.
Age Range – 4 to 8 years old
The Gardener by Sarah Stewart
Here’s another illustrated book for children that teaches about nature. But it does so through a story. This multiple award winning book tells of Lydia Grace’s journey who visits her uncle during the Depression. But this young heroine has a secret.
The story begins as Lydia Grace takes a suitcase full of seeds to visit her Uncle Jim. This secret is a rooftop garden that she has created for her Uncle. And we learn about her activities, and her fabulous garden, through the letters she writes to send back home.
Age Range – 4 to 7 years old
Compost Stew: An A to Z Recipe for the Earth by Mary McKenna Siddals
It’s never too early to teach children about the value in protecting the earth. This book educates early learners about how to build a compost pile. And it does it in a simple way that kids can understand.
Kids learn the basics about how to start a compost pile. More importantly, this book teaches why doing so matters. kids see through fun pictures what is good to put in a compost pile. And in the end, they get to be the hero and save the earth.
The next generation of gardening
At Stockslager’s Greenhouse and Garden Center near Dayton, Ohio, we love inspiring a new generation of children to garden and cultivate plants. And we believe that miniature gardens are a great way to start your children on a life-long hobby.
These small scale gardens are little replicas of the real thing. And they’re perfect projects for the pint sized crowd.
Stockslager’s has all your miniature garden supplies. So bring by your little gardener so you can start growing one today!
