You can help the environment by creating a new generation of people who love to garden and who understand what it means to produce their own food naturally. If your interest in gardening goes beyond your own yard, this tip is something to consider.
Let Them Help: This is the most obvious, and the easiest way to get your kids into gardening. Let them give you a hand with the chores. Keep it age-appropriate and don’t risk any truly valuable seedlings. Kids can help pick weeds or even collect bugs. Planting seeds is always fun, as is giving everything a drink with a watering can.
Give Them Their Own Garden: A step further might be to give your kids a section of the garden all to themselves. Let them plant easy-to-care-for seeds and give them the responsibility of keeping them healthy (at least alive) and hopefully they can have some pride later when they pick food they grew on their own. They might need a little help, but try to let them take care of things on their own.
Kid-Friendly Tools: For either of these two approaches, you should have a few tools that are scaled down for easy kid handling. Many garden stores carry smaller tools that are actually sturdy enough for real use, but even plastic toys are better than nothing. It lets a kid feel truly in charge of their tasks when the tools are their own.
Serve Foods They Like: Kids aren’t going to develop a strong love of the garden if they hate to eat everything you harvest. Keep your recipes creative and encourage them to try new foods while not forcing them to eat anything they really don’t like. As long as they are enjoying the food you grow, they’ll want to be more involved. Snack on raw veggies as much as you can, the crunch is usually a favorite with kids over the cooked versions.