Gardening might not be the first thing that comes to mind when thinking of children’s hobbies, but Frances Tophill is on a mission to change that. The horticulturist, author and TV presenter believes ...

Mays would start the kids in the garden with one small task and say they could wash their hands right after. It was an ...

Watson Children's Shelter in Missoula has a new sensory garden, built free of charge by local company Pro Sweep Plus.

Gardening is good for the mind, body, and spirit. It is also good for the youngsters in our lives. Research shows gardening helps relieve stress, improve focus, positively impacts mood and ...

Of all the things found growing in a garden, children are the most important. Although they constitute less than one-fourth of our present, they are 100 percent of our future. April is National Garden ...

“We are but small butterflies in the garden of life.” – Carston D. Roach.

In August I learned that my book “Listening to Nature’s Voice” was selected by the Garden Club Federation of Pennsylvania (GCFP)* to kick off its new “GCFP Reads” initiative. Invitations followed to ...

When I was a kid, my friends and I spent long summer days outdoors, picking daisies, observing roly-poly (also known as pill) bugs, holding caterpillars and trying to catch fireflies (lightning bugs).

It’s almost spring! Are you excited to start a garden with your kids? Or at least teach your kids about gardening? Then, these gardening books for toddlers, preschoolers, and elementary age kids will ...

Some of my fondest childhood memories are helping in my grandparent's gardens in Maine: pulling carrots from the dirt, planting potatoes, harvesting stalks of rhubarb, picking sweet raspberries. So as ...

On a crisp Saturday morning in autumn at Queeny Park, kids crouch low in the dirt, hands muddy and eyes wide, searching for potatoes beneath the soil. For many families, moments like these are why the ...