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9781889538303
Brooklyn Botanic Garden-- home of the oldest continuously operating children' s garden in North America-- offers a groundbreaking handbook that helps parents, teachers, and community gardeners introduce the pleasures of gardening to kids. In addition to learning the basics-- including how to grow common plants from seed-- young gardeners will be encouraged to discover nature' s cycles, become ecologically aware, and follow their inborn curiosity as they explore. It doesn' t matter whether kids have access to a large green yard or only to a windowsill planter: here are scores of fun projects that can awaken their sense of wonder about the natural world while nourishing cognitive functioning and self-confidence. Youngsters will love building a root-view garden from a milk container, making chlorophyll prints, constructing a hummingbird feeder, and more.Hanneman, Monika is the author of 'Gardening With Children ', published 2007 under ISBN 9781889538303 and ISBN 1889538302.
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