Gardening with your children is a great way to teach them the importance and benefits of hard work. Not to mention, working in the garden together as a family can be a lot of fun. When kids garden, they can get their hands dirty and learn all at the same time. Help get your tot excited about caring for sprouts by giving them a raised garden bed of their own to tend. Follow our how-to guide to get started.
1. Gather Your Tools
You can choose from a wide variety of material to build your raised beds. My favorite materials are resourced ones–my family purchased composite decking that was salvaged from a home deck remodel. Wood, stone or brick are all good options, too. You’ll also need some hand tools to construct your raised garden beds including a saw, level, tape measure, pencil and screws.
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I would say it’s important to get the children learning & watching how to do gardening work when they’re still young. The least parents can educate the green concept to children:)
Jay Chua
Publisher, PorchSwingSets.com
We did square foot gardening last year but it did not work out very well…not enough soil This year we did container gardening and it worked VERY well! We didn’t do a raised bed but just planted veggies/fruit in our flower pots instead of annuals. BUMPER crops of tomatoes and cucumbers and tons of lettuce and herbs too!