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Gardening with Children

We’re growing more than vegetables!

Gardens provide gardening and educational opportunities that Gardens provide gardening and educational opportunities that help connect people to each other and to the natural world.help connect people to each other and to the natural world.

Gardens & ChildrenGardens connect youth with

nature and help them explore and learn about

their world.

Why garden with children? For Good Physical and

Mental Health

Experts agree that children today have less contact with the natural world than any previous generation.  The results can be devastating for their physical and mental health as well as for their ability to learn, grow and thrive.  “By bolstering children’s attention resources, green spaces may enable children to think more clearly and cope more effectively with life stress.” (Nancy Wells, assistant professor at the New York State College of Human Ecology)

Why garden with children? To Inspire Learning and Creativity

Nature can be a source of great relaxation and refuge.“Children need nature for the healthy development of their

senses, and, therefore, for learning and creativity”  (Richard Louv, Last Child in the Woods)

Why garden with children?

Fun Food in the City:Being outdoors and doing a fun, results-oriented and edible

project can have life-long rewards. 

Gardening is an easy way to get children out into nature without ever

leaving the city!

We’re growing more than vegetables!

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