Gardening with kids: plants little ones loves to grow!

21.08.2023 - 11:57 / theunconventionalgardener.com / guest

Gardening with kids is a great way for them to learn to love being outside, and if they grow their own veggies they will eat them! Once a child is interested in gardening they will be enthusiastic about growing everything, however there are some staple flowers that are easy to grow and give fantastic results making them perfect for children. Sow direct seeds are best for children, and take away a little of the impatience they often feel!

Beans – In the right weather beans don’t take long to produce shoots and children can not only sow direct but can also grow them in pots in their bedroom too. By placing cotton wool in the bottom of a jar and keeping it moist, children can plonk a bean on top and watch the root system come to life giving them a unique insight into a plant’s growing habits. Peas are also a great idea as if the children are eager to taste their harvest as they can pick some pea shoots for a family salad and sit back and enjoy the praise that’s lavished on them!

Caterpillar Plants – Planted in trays and grown in a polytunnel these little plants (Phacelia cicutaria) will propagate quickly and bear flowers almost before children’s eyes. They’ll love the furry appendages; soft to the touch in a variety of colours the flowers on these resemble little furry caterpillars!

Cress – This is an amazing plant for children to grow, and so easy too. Either on cotton wool or straight into compost within a few days it’ll be ready to eat. For a little more fun take one of dad’s old socks fill with cotton wool and dampen, then sprinkle the seeds on the top. The addition of some bobbly eyes makes it look like a hairy monster!

Victoriana Nursery Gardens stock a lot of seeds and plants that are great for growing with kids. And you