Garden Treasure Box
Props:
Sun hats, gloves, gardening tools, sprinkling can, and plants; flower and/or fruits & vegetable plants.
Activities:
- Decide where you will plant your garden. Make a map of where you will plant the plants. Plant your garden.
- Take pictures of your garden as it grows. You can put a book together about your garden.
- Research and read about plants. Where do they grow best, when and where should they be planted? How much water do they need?
- Visit a flower shop. Talk with people who have gardened for a long time.
- Make a special picnic lunch with the vegetables and fruits you have grown. Make a flower arrangement with the flowers you grow.
Books
Book on Flowers
Alison’s Zinnia by Anita Lobel
Jack’s garden by Henry Cole
The Reason for a Flower by Ruth Heller
The Flower Alphabet Book by Jerry Palotta
Flower Garden by Eve Bunting
Book on Fruits and Vegetables
Eating the Alphabet by Lois Ehlert
Farmers’ Market by Paul Brett Johnson
How Do Apples Grow? by Betsy Maestro
Oliver’s Vegetables by Vivian French
Oliver’s Fruit Salad by Vivian French
Vegetable Garden by Douglas Florian