Tomorow, Sunday 21 October is Garden day and to celebrate Starke Ayers in Parklands set up a mini planting station inviting families to come and plant a free flower today and tomorow.
We arrived and the friendly staff directed us outside where we chose a colourful pot and a plant.
There was a bowl of potting soil and we were encourage to pot our plants.
Bear sat on the table helping us to scoop sand around the flower into the colourful pot.
I love this initiative and think it’s a wonderful way to encourage children to not only get excited about gardening but also develop a love for nature.
Gardening has so many benefits for children.
Gardening teaches children :-
- Responsibility-by caring for the plants
- Understanding of cause and effect ( too little water results in the plant dying)
- Self confidence – by achieving the goal of keeping the plant alive
- Pride- watching their plant grow
- Life cycles – learning the cycle of a plant
- Nutrition- understanding where fresh food comes from
- Love of nature – as they enjoy being outside
- Respect – to care for the plant and keep its environment clean
- Co-operation- gardening with Kids is about teamwork
- Physical activities – digging, watering plants, ect
- Discovery- of plants and insects in a garden
- Maths – the shape of leaves, the amount of buds, ect
- Colours- of the flowers
Thank you Starke Ayers for the new little plant for our garden.
