Gardening can provide people with mental and physical benefits. This activity gets people in nature and moving around.
How to start a garden at your school and resources to incorporate it into your classroom curriculum.
Learn how to start a winter gardening club to keep your busy this season!
Discover 15 unique ways to raise funds for your garden club with these creative and innovative ideas.
Spending time in the garden can awaken the senses of touch, smell, and taste, and attune a child to the subtler sights and sounds of nature.
Looking for fun, low-cost activities for your lunchtime garden club that are suitable for large numbers of children and a wide range of ages and abilities? Then you’ve come to the right place! Our ever popular Garden Club pack has recently been updated and expanded with more green grubby goodness…… it now contains 15 fully supported indoor and outdoor garden and nature club activities. Each activity includes a ‘quick glance task card’ (designed so you can see at a glance whether the activity is an indoor or outdoor activity, what materials you’ll need to gather and what you and the children will need to complete the activity) as well as basic step by step instructions that are broken down into appropriate session lengths. Please check out the preview for a closer look at the resources in this pack! 1. GRASSY HEADS: Grow a grassy head and then give it a haircut! Activity card with teacher instructions, note home requesting materials and child planning sheet 2. THE LONGEST WEED COMPETITION: Activity card with teacher instructions & competition recording sheet 3. SCAVENGER HUNTS & MORE! (Cloud hunt bingo, bug hunting scavenger hunt, nature themed cootie catcher, nature grab box + a variety of writing recording sheets) Also, activity card with brief teacher instructions 4. LEAF & FLOWER PRESSING: How to press flowers and leaves to create artworks. Activity card with teacher instructions and photo frames 5. CRAZY CONTAINER COMPETITION: Activity card with teacher instructions, example photographs, note home & competition entry form 6. TERRARIUMS: Activity card with teacher instructions, note home requesting plastic bottles, child planning sheet and tracking sheet 7. PAINTING ROCKS, POTS & BRANCHES: Painting activities! Activity card with teacher instructions and planning sheet 8. NATURAL TREASURES: Children collect, share & sort objects from nature. Activity card with teacher instructions, note home and ‘treasure’ grouping headings 9. CLIMBING FRAMES: Build some wild climbing frames for your vegetable gardens. Activity card with teacher instructions, suggested designs and tips and planning sheet 10. PLANT LABELS: Activity card with instructions, suggested designs and tips 11. BIRD FEEDERS: Activity card with instructions, suggested designs & planning sheet 12. BLIND TASTING: The children sample small bits of garden produce while blindfolded and try to guess what they’re eating (or smelling)! Activity card with instructions, teacher recording sheet + contestant answer slips 13. SPROUTING GLOVES: Activity card with instructions & recording sheet 14. FLAVORED WATER: Create flavoured water using your garden produce! Activity card with instructions, suggested recipes & follow up worksheet 15. SEED COLLECTING & SEED PACKET DESIGNING: Activity card with instructions & Seed packet designing template Looking for other Garden Club resources? You might want to have a peek at these! Insect & Bug Hunting! {Activities celebrating creepy crawlies} . SEEDS! {A booklet of activities celebrating all things seedy}. Nature Exploration {Outdoor activities celebrating the environment}. This resource is also included as part of this great value bundle: Get Growing Bundle! {Seeds, veggies, herbs, flowers, trees + more}. ************************************************************************** Customer Tips: How to get TPT credit to use on future purchases: • Please go to your My Purchases page (you may need to login). Beside each purchase you'll see a Provide Feedback button. Simply click it and you will be taken to a page where you can give a quick rating and leave a short comment for the product. Each time you give feedback, TPT gives you feedback credits that you use to lower the cost of your future purchases. I appreciate your custom and value your feedback – thank you! Be the first to know about my new discounts, freebies and product launches: • Look for the green star next to my store logo and click it to become a follower. You will now receive e-mail updates about this store. Product Format: • This download is a PDF and is formatted in US Letter size. If you are outside the US and would prefer an alternate sizing (A4) or spelling (colour vs color etc.) please leave me a note in the ‘ask a question section of my store’ . Come and get Grubby with us! Green Grubs Blog Facebook Pinterest Instagram **************************************************************************
Gardening can provide people with mental and physical benefits. This activity gets people in nature and moving around.
I mentioned a while back that my neighbor across the street, nnK, won the Acorn Award this year. The Acorn Award is our city’s award for landscaping that goes ‘above and beyond’ normal standards. …
A total of 50 programs will be awarded Youth Garden Grants in 2022. This garden grant awards cash and gardening supplies.
Gardening has many benefits for children. While it has great health and social implications, it also offers brilliant hands on experience for learning. Inspired by the school and community garden stories, we’ve put together a guide to help get you started – from thinking about how to use the space, to how to involve the children and school community.
Decorate the entrance to your yard or garden with a nice looking gate. Here are some Floral Garden Gates that might interest you.
The enthusiasm among members of a gardening club can wax and wane over time. This page may help you in coming up with new activities and programs to rejuvenate the group and attract new members. This guide contains ideas to revitalize a garden club.
A letter to send home to start a garden club at your school. ...
