Family Gardening
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What better place to ‘grow’ special family memories than in a garden? Gardening with your kids or grandkids at home or at a community garden not only provides the tangible benefits of exercise and fresh food, it also fosters communication, builds strong relationships, and offers an opportunity to work towards a common goal. Our monthly activities and Parents' Primer are designed to help you get started.



Take advantage of “gardening moments” with your kids every day—in your own yard ... and in the garage, and at the windowsill, and in the basement ...

Through the seasons there are little opportunities and big projects that can fit seamlessly into your life. Help turn your kids’ questions into fun discoveries.
Check out the Parents' Primer.

Activity Of the Month

How can you tell time in the garden without using a watch? Check and see what’s blooming! Flowers have amazing adaptations to attract pollinators. Their scent, colors, and shapes have evolved to draw these vital critters towards them,...

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The National Gardening Association's mission is to promote home, school, and community gardening as a means to renew and sustain the essential connections between people, plants and the environment.

 

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Last updated on 05/20/2013