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Roots, Shoots, Buckets & Boots
Gardening Together with Children
Paperback / softback,
176 pages
ISBN: 9780761110569
(0761110569)
Published by Workman Publishing
$13.95(US)
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about Roots, Shoots, Buckets & Boots
Plant a pumpkinseed with a child, and cultivate wonder. This simple act of reconnecting with children with nature is Sharon Lovejoy's purpose and joy and gift. Author of Sunflower Houses: Garden Discoveries for Children of All Ages and Hollyhock Days: Garden Adventures for the Young at Heart, Sharon Lovejoy is a nationally known garden writer whose books, television specials, and projects at her learning landscape in California have introduced thousands of children to the pleasures of gardening.
In her newest book, Roots, Shoots, Buckets & Boots, she presents 12 spirited, easy-to-implement ideas for theme gardens that parents and kids can grow together. Illustrated throughout by the author's own lyrical watercolors, each garden includes a plan, the planting recipe -- seeds, seedlings, and growing instructions spelled out step-by-step -- and activities. There's the Pizza Patch , a giant-size wheel garden planted in "slices" of tomatoes, zucchini, oregano, and basil. A Flowery Maze to get lost in. A Moon Garden of night-blooming flowers, including a moonflower tent. And Mother Nature's Medicine Chest.
Discovery Walks teach kids how the gardens work, and a chapter on gardening basics includes a child-friendly 10-Minute Plan for planting and maintenance, plus a list of the top 20 plants guaranteed to make gardeners out of kids.
about Sharon Lovejoy
Sharon Lovejoy is an award-winning nature and gardening author and illustrator whose books include Sunflower Houses; Toad Cottages and Shooting Stars; Trowel and Error; and Roots, Shoots, Buckets and Boots. For over 20 years, she has taught nature classes to students and teachers across the country and abroad. Ms. Lovejoy divides her time between California and Maine.
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