Gardening Projects for Kids: Fantastic ideas for making things, growing plants and flowers, and attracting wildlife to the garden, with 60 practical projects and 500 photographs
GARDENING PROJECTS FOR KIDS

Fantastic ideas for making things,growing plants and flowers and attracting wildlife,with 60 practical projects and 175 photographs

• Over 60 fun,child-friendly projects for gardening, with ideas for cultivating flowers,growing fruit and vegetables,making crafty projects and attracting insects,birds and animals

• An introduction with all the gardening basics includes advice on safety,equipment,understanding plants and a guide to commonly used gardening terms

• Grow a hyacinth in a glass,have tomatoes tumbling down the wall,spell your name in flowers,shape a den out of bamboo and make a mini-beast shelter • Every project features an at-a-glance 'you will need' list,growing times and a star rating guide to show you how easy or hard it is

• Each idea has simple step-by-step instructions and there are over 175 fantastic colour photographs showing you what to do

A list of popular plants shows how to grow and use the plants in the book and many others, including where they like to live and how they like to be treated

Growing plants and making things for the garden is endless fun.This book is bursting with planting and gardening ideas to suit children from the ages of 5 to 12. An introduction arms the reader with all they need to know about plants,soil and tools.Then,over 60 step-by step projects have ideas for doing things indoors, growing fruit,vegetables and flowers,making crafty bits and pieces for the garden and encouraging wildlife to visit.Whateverthe weather,here are masses of ways to keep you occupied in and out of the garden,with fun activities for all children,from tiddlers to safari explorers.

About the Author

Jenny Hendy has an Honours degree in Classical Botany.She worked as a researcher and writer for one of Britain's leading gardening magazines and now works as an author, lecturer and radio broadcaster as well as running a thriving garden design consultancy. She also works with under elevens,running nature and gardening workshops.Her previous books include Creative Ideas for Garden Structuresand Creative Ideas for Walls, Fences, Hedges & Boundaries,both published by Southwater.
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Gardening Projects for Kids: Fantastic ideas for making things, growing plants and flowers, and attracting wildlife to the garden, with 60 practical projects and 500 photographs
GARDENING PROJECTS FOR KIDS

Fantastic ideas for making things,growing plants and flowers and attracting wildlife,with 60 practical projects and 175 photographs

• Over 60 fun,child-friendly projects for gardening, with ideas for cultivating flowers,growing fruit and vegetables,making crafty projects and attracting insects,birds and animals

• An introduction with all the gardening basics includes advice on safety,equipment,understanding plants and a guide to commonly used gardening terms

• Grow a hyacinth in a glass,have tomatoes tumbling down the wall,spell your name in flowers,shape a den out of bamboo and make a mini-beast shelter • Every project features an at-a-glance 'you will need' list,growing times and a star rating guide to show you how easy or hard it is

• Each idea has simple step-by-step instructions and there are over 175 fantastic colour photographs showing you what to do

A list of popular plants shows how to grow and use the plants in the book and many others, including where they like to live and how they like to be treated

Growing plants and making things for the garden is endless fun.This book is bursting with planting and gardening ideas to suit children from the ages of 5 to 12. An introduction arms the reader with all they need to know about plants,soil and tools.Then,over 60 step-by step projects have ideas for doing things indoors, growing fruit,vegetables and flowers,making crafty bits and pieces for the garden and encouraging wildlife to visit.Whateverthe weather,here are masses of ways to keep you occupied in and out of the garden,with fun activities for all children,from tiddlers to safari explorers.

About the Author

Jenny Hendy has an Honours degree in Classical Botany.She worked as a researcher and writer for one of Britain's leading gardening magazines and now works as an author, lecturer and radio broadcaster as well as running a thriving garden design consultancy. She also works with under elevens,running nature and gardening workshops.Her previous books include Creative Ideas for Garden Structuresand Creative Ideas for Walls, Fences, Hedges & Boundaries,both published by Southwater.
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Gardening Projects for Kids: Fantastic ideas for making things, growing plants and flowers, and attracting wildlife to the garden, with 60 practical projects and 500 photographs

Gardening Projects for Kids: Fantastic ideas for making things, growing plants and flowers, and attracting wildlife to the garden, with 60 practical projects and 500 photographs

by Jenny Hendy
Gardening Projects for Kids: Fantastic ideas for making things, growing plants and flowers, and attracting wildlife to the garden, with 60 practical projects and 500 photographs

Gardening Projects for Kids: Fantastic ideas for making things, growing plants and flowers, and attracting wildlife to the garden, with 60 practical projects and 500 photographs

by Jenny Hendy

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GARDENING PROJECTS FOR KIDS

Fantastic ideas for making things,growing plants and flowers and attracting wildlife,with 60 practical projects and 175 photographs

• Over 60 fun,child-friendly projects for gardening, with ideas for cultivating flowers,growing fruit and vegetables,making crafty projects and attracting insects,birds and animals

• An introduction with all the gardening basics includes advice on safety,equipment,understanding plants and a guide to commonly used gardening terms

• Grow a hyacinth in a glass,have tomatoes tumbling down the wall,spell your name in flowers,shape a den out of bamboo and make a mini-beast shelter • Every project features an at-a-glance 'you will need' list,growing times and a star rating guide to show you how easy or hard it is

• Each idea has simple step-by-step instructions and there are over 175 fantastic colour photographs showing you what to do

A list of popular plants shows how to grow and use the plants in the book and many others, including where they like to live and how they like to be treated

Growing plants and making things for the garden is endless fun.This book is bursting with planting and gardening ideas to suit children from the ages of 5 to 12. An introduction arms the reader with all they need to know about plants,soil and tools.Then,over 60 step-by step projects have ideas for doing things indoors, growing fruit,vegetables and flowers,making crafty bits and pieces for the garden and encouraging wildlife to visit.Whateverthe weather,here are masses of ways to keep you occupied in and out of the garden,with fun activities for all children,from tiddlers to safari explorers.

About the Author

Jenny Hendy has an Honours degree in Classical Botany.She worked as a researcher and writer for one of Britain's leading gardening magazines and now works as an author, lecturer and radio broadcaster as well as running a thriving garden design consultancy. She also works with under elevens,running nature and gardening workshops.Her previous books include Creative Ideas for Garden Structuresand Creative Ideas for Walls, Fences, Hedges & Boundaries,both published by Southwater.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781780190198
Publisher: Anness Publishing, Ltd.
Publication date: 02/16/2012
Edition description: Original
Pages: 128
Product dimensions: 9.00(w) x 11.60(h) x 0.70(d)
Age Range: 8 - 12 Years

About the Author

Jenny Hendy is an internationally published gardening author, lecturer and radio broadcaster. She also works with schoolchildren, helping to run creative gardening and nature workshops and clubs.

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