CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION
UNIT NO 01 GARDEN BASICS
Plant Parts
Plant Hardiness and Heat Zones
Annual versus Perennial
Watering
How to Plant
Gardening with Pets
Materials
UNIT NO 02 GETTING STARTED
LAB 01: Seeds in a Bag
LAB 02: Garden Design
LAB 03: Planting Spring Seeds
LAB 04: Egg Carton Seed Starting
LAB 05: Make a Garden Tool Tote
LAB 06: Garden Design Using Catalogs
LAB 07: Make Your Own Seed Tape
LAB 08: Soil Percolation
LAB 09: Make a Rain Gauge
LAB 10: Make a Sprinkler
LAB 11: Plant a Tree
UNIT NO 03 THEME GARDENING
LAB 12: Butterfly Garden
LAB 13: Fairy Garden
LAB 14: Play Ball!
LAB 15: Shoe Garden
LAB 16: Tropical Porch Container
LAB 17: Table Top Color Wheel
LAB 18: Mini Pizza Garden
LAB 19: Salsa Garden
LAB 20: Herb Spiral
LAB 21: Potato Tire Tower
UNIT NO 04 GREEN GARDENING
LAB 22: Pollinator Palace
LAB 23: Wee Worm Bin
LAB 24: Toad Abode
LAB 25: Rain Barrel
LAB 26: Make a Compost Bin
LAB 27: Make a Cold Frame
LAB 28: Bug Scavenger Hunt
LAB 29: Make a Bird Feeder
LAB 30: Make a Desert Terrarium
LAB 31: Nesting Material Apparatus
UNIT NO 05 GARDEN ART
LAB 32: Stepping Stones
LAB 33: Wind Chimes
LAB 34: Make Your Own Plant Labels
LAB 35: Soup Can Luminaries
LAB 36: Make a Sweet Pea Teepee
LAB 37: Hypertufa Planter
LAB 38: Make a Birdbath
LAB 39: Playing with Pots
LAB 40: Rock Bugs
LAB 41: Clay Pot Water Fountain
UNIT NO 06 ENJOYING YOUR GARDEN
LAB 42: Make a Garden Journal
LAB 43: Garden Poetry
LAB 44: A Place to Rest
LAB 45: Garden Fort
LAB 46: Sleepy Herb Sachets
LAB 47: Make a Plant Press
LAB 48: Grassy Garden Gnomes
LAB 49: Flower Arrangement
LAB 50: Garden Magnet
LAB 51: Garden Gift Bag
LAB 52: Seed Mosaic Note Card
Resources
Gardening Lab Kids
About the Author
Acknowledgments