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The children's garden : loads of things to make & grow /

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: London : Frances Lincoln, 2016Edition: First Frances Lincoln editionDescription: 144 pages : color illustrations ; 22 cmContent type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780711236332
  • 071123633X
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 635/.083 23
LOC classification:
  • SB457 .A66 2016
Contents:
Spring -- Summer -- Autumn -- Winter.
Summary: "A garden can be a place for discovery, creativity and fun, and a space that encourages children to enjoy and engage with the natural world. Through 52 exciting family projects, one for every week of the year, this book inspires parents and their children aged 5+ to play and learn in the garden, with activities including nature trails, cooking, crafting and growing plants and vegetables. Ex-primary teacher Matthew Appleby is the expert voice behind the book. Appleby has a son and daughter and has tapped into his first-hand experience of parenting and teaching to devise these seasonal projects for every week of the year. The Children's Garden is the perfect companion for families looking to discover the magic and adventure their gardens have to offer."--provided from Amazon.com.
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Item type Current library Home library Collection Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Standard Loan Coeur d'Alene Library Adult Nonfiction Coeur d'Alene Library Book 635.083 APPLEBY (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Checked out 05/01/2024 50610020657099
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

A garden can be a place for discovery, creativity and fun, and a space that encourages children to enjoy and engage with the natural world.

Through 52 exciting family projects, this book inspires parents and their children to play and learn in the garden, with activities including nature trails, cooking, crafting and growing plants and vegetables.

Ex-primary teacher Matthew Appleby (author of The Allotment Planner , 2013) is the expert voice behind the book. Appleby has two sons and has tapped into his first-hand experience of parenting and teaching to devise these seasonal projects for every week of the year. The Children's Garden is the perfect companion for families looking to discover the magic and adventure their gardens have to offer.

Includes index.

Spring -- Summer -- Autumn -- Winter.

"A garden can be a place for discovery, creativity and fun, and a space that encourages children to enjoy and engage with the natural world. Through 52 exciting family projects, one for every week of the year, this book inspires parents and their children aged 5+ to play and learn in the garden, with activities including nature trails, cooking, crafting and growing plants and vegetables. Ex-primary teacher Matthew Appleby is the expert voice behind the book. Appleby has a son and daughter and has tapped into his first-hand experience of parenting and teaching to devise these seasonal projects for every week of the year. The Children's Garden is the perfect companion for families looking to discover the magic and adventure their gardens have to offer."--provided from Amazon.com.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

  • Introduction (p. 7)
  • Spring (p. 26)
  • Edible crops in pots (p. 28)
  • Plant a scented handbag (p. 30)
  • Slugs & snails (p. 32)
  • First-step containers (p. 34)
  • Mini-beast safari (p. 36)
  • Home-made seed bombs (p. 38)
  • Easter egg hunt (p. 40)
  • All-youcan-eat basket (p. 42)
  • Mini-beast habitat (p. 44)
  • Turf tattoos (p. 46)
  • Make more of moss (p. 48)
  • Walls of sound & water (p. 50)
  • Dipping into pond life (p. 52)
  • Instant model village (p. 54)
  • Dandelions & daisies (p. 56)
  • Summer (p. 58)
  • Butterfly world (p. 60)
  • Fun with potatoes (p. 62)
  • A jungle near you (p. 64)
  • Pets in the garden (p. 66)
  • Keeping chickens (p. 68)
  • Wet work & play (p. 70)
  • Miniature gardens (p. 72)
  • Let's have a parry (p. 74)
  • Sand play & art (p. 76)
  • Balcony gardening (p. 78)
  • Knights go jousting (p. 80)
  • Snacks for super heroes (p. 82)
  • Lavender: harvest & make (p. 84)
  • Walk into an adventure (p. 86)
  • Paint it black (p. 88)
  • Games on grass (p. 90)
  • Scary plants (p. 92)
  • Flowers to pick & press (p. 94)
  • Autumn (p. 96)
  • From picking to pie (p. 98)
  • In search of forest finds (p. 100)
  • Thinking ahead (p. 102)
  • Foraging fun (p. 104)
  • Harvest shows & celebrations (p. 106)
  • Carrot: root to cake (p. 108)
  • Stones & pebbles (p. 110)
  • Ugly veg (p. 112)
  • Display autumn-colours (p. 114)
  • Pumpkin projects (p. 116)
  • Earth, wind & fire (p. 118)
  • Plant bulbs for spring (p. 120)
  • A place of their own (p. 122)
  • Make a cress head (p. 124)
  • Winter (p. 126)
  • Craft a Dalek compost bin (p. 128)
  • Craft a model garden (p. 130)
  • Plants for free (p. 132)
  • Paper craft (p. 134)
  • Find, collect & learn (p. 136)
  • Feed the birds (p. 138)
  • Index (p. 140)
  • Acknowledgments (p. 144)

Author notes provided by Syndetics

Matthew Appleby is a garden writer with more than a decade's experience. He edits Horticulture Week and Garden Retail magazines and contributes regularly to The Guardian, Amateur Gardening and other national newspapers and magazines on gardening. He is the father of two sons.

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