As a parent, you may be familiar with the idea of planting seeds. Sowing seeds of wisdom, success, or mindfulness, for example, can help children become happy, successful adults. But taking a more ...

Geoffrey Martin spent decades working for large agricultural firms, tackling acres in the tens of thousands. Now he is deriving perhaps his greatest joy from helping disadvantaged children set up ...

If you’re gardening with kids, get ready to get messy. And I mean that both literally and figuratively. Kids love to get dirty and so introducing them to directed dirt digging will thrill the little ...

Recently, my daughter and I started a small container garden in our backyard. We planted tomatoes, lettuce, onions and a handful of herbs. We call it our spaghetti night garden. Every day we head ...

Gardening is good for the mind, body, and spirit. It is also good for the youngsters in our lives. Research shows gardening helps relieve stress, improve focus, positively impacts mood and ...

Packed with playful details and practical features, the cotton* Garden Veggie™ Snack Suit is the playbook for families who snack as hard as they cheer for their favorite teams — no penalties for messy ...

Megan Treacy is a writer from Austin, TX. A former editor at EcoGeek, she worked as a technology columnist for Treehugger from 2012 to 2018. Radishes are a terrific plant for kids to grow because ...

I was thrilled last spring when my two grown kids, both with young kids of their own, decided to plant veggie gardens. They had never shown the slightest interest in gardening, despite being raised by ...

The Chicago middle school kids who garden with Natasha Nicholes at the urban farm she created are certainly focused on fun—sometimes so much that they don’t realize they’re taking in life skills, too.

One of the easiest ways to get children to like vegetables is to let them grow them on their own. There’s something magical about watching seeds turn into food that makes spinach and broccoli taste ...