There is no better time to acquaint a child with the joy of gardening than when they are in preschool. Planting flowers and gardens for preschool children can be a challenge if you do not go about it the right way. On the other hand, planting flowers and gardens for preschool children can be an exciting activity that instills a lifelong love of gardening in your children or grandchildren. If you are interested in planting flowers and gardens for preschool children, follow these simple steps and a good time will be had by all.

Flowers And Gardens For Preschool Children Should Be Simple

You do not want to overwhelm a child during his or her first attempt at gardening. When planting flowers and gardens for preschool children, it is best to start with something simple. You can start with a container garden or if you are feeling a little more ambitious, you can give your preschooler a small corner of your much larger garden plot.

Choose a few crops that are easy to grow. Marigolds are bright flowers that tend to please most children. They have a pungent smell, but most kids find this amusing more than distasteful. They are relatively easy to grow from seed but it is much more satisfying for a preschool child to plant seedlings that are already blooming. Marigolds are extremely hardy and most garden pests will avoid these bright flowers.

Sunflower seeds are a lot of fun to grow as well. When you plant sunflower seeds with your preschool age child, make sure you plant enough to make up for those that will be dug up by chipmunks and squirrels. These take a little longer to germinate, but once they do they grow fairly fast, making them an exciting addition when you are planting flowers and gardens for preschool children. Once they are full grown, you can harvest the seeds and roast them you’re your child. They make a fun and healthy snack or you can put them in pretty bags and have your child give them away as presents.

Radishes are one of the easiest vegetables to grow from seeds. They germinate fast and they are ready to harvest in just a few days. It can be very satisfying for a young gardener to plant a seed and reap a harvest in less than a month. Even if your child doesn’t like the peppery flavor of radishes, they are still fun to grow and give away as gifts.

Every child’s garden should try to grow at least one or two pumpkin vines. If you are short on space, you can actually grow a pumpkin in a flower bed and then let the vine ramble onto the yard. Just move the vine when you need to mow. A pumpkin vine can provide you with Halloween Jack-O-Lanterns, seeds for roasting, and pumpkin for pies.

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