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Gardening for Kids

Below are a number of web sites for information about gardening for and with kid's.

Kids gardening sponsored by National Gardening Association with a search program and good site for teachers and loaded with projects.

Play a worm bin composting game with Vermi.

The Smithsonian Institution and U.S. Dept of Agriculture sponsor the Seeds of Change Garden. It offers great gardening projects, especially during the off season.

Project ideas, a listing of gardening books and ideas for starting a school gardening program.

The Bug Club is for those young entomologists.

My first garden is sponsored by the University of Illinois.

Very Best Kids is managed by the Nestle Corp. Click on Crafts and Activities to find easy to follow directions for using recycled products to make a flower vase, bird feeder and more.