Our Milestone, Our Garden Contribution
We’re happy to let you know that Plant a Seed & See What Grows Foundation’s first sponsored project is now underway in North Vancouver, BC at the Sutherland Secondary School! Located at Sutherland Ave. and 19th Avenue, this school is home to 885 students.
Helpful Herbs to Grow – Gardening Tips for Kids
Helping to get your kids excited about organic gardening is a part of what our Foundation hopes to accomplish. It teaches them about the interconnectedness between the earth and the health of our communities, the seed-to-table concept, and instills a sense of pride in knowing that they have created something from the ground-up. And we […]
5 Challenges of a Community Garden
Starting or joining a community garden can be one of the most rewarding experiences around. The thought of it alone induces images of bright sunny days, working in the soil with neighbors, friends, and loved ones, and harvesting bountiful organic crops that will thrive for generations. It can be all of that. However, it also comes with a set […]
How to Start a School Garden Project for Your Students
Community gardens are a great way to get children interested in gardening. However, highly densified regions may not have one in place near any given child’s residence. In such urban areas, it is becoming more common for schools to take on gardening projects for the benefit of their students. A school garden can teach kids […]
Best Plants for a Community Garden in Moderate Climates
One of the best trends sweeping across Canada and the U.S. is the growth of community and school gardens (also referred to as urban gardens or urban farming). They are sprouting up everywhere. Individuals, schools, neighborhood organizations, and municipalities alike are heralded for their respective parts in driving such initiatives forward to the benefit of […]
Best Gardening Books for Children
Technology may be on the tip of everyone’s tongue when it comes to the discussion of tools to best educate (and entertain) children of this millennium. Our own foundation has recently written blog posts recommending smartphone/tablet applications for teaching kids about health and nutrition along with organic gardening and farming. While this technology will indeed continue […]
Easiest Fruits and Vegetables to Grow from Seed Indoors
A big part of what we hope to accomplish here at the Plant a Seed & See What Grows Foundation is to inspire parents, guardians, and teachers to encourage their children and students to develop an interest in healthy organic gardening. Getting a head start in the concept, early in one’s life, helps avoid the […]
Best Gardening and Farming Apps for Kids 2015
In the summer of 2014 the Plant A Seed & See What Grows foundation posted an article on the Ten Best Health and Nutrition Education Apps for Kids. We briefly touched on a couple of gardening/farming themes in the post but in the world of mobile applications word gets out about new and updated ones […]
Common Nutrient Deficiencies in Childhood
Many households are under the impression that Canada and the U.S. are exempt from the nutritional deficiencies felt by the less developed corners of the world. While the extremes are certainly different hidden hunger impacts the populations on our soil as well, in particular our children. In the Plant a Seed & See What Grows […]
How to Promote Healthy Eating in Early Years – 5 Can’t Miss Strategies
One of the things we focus on here at Plant A Seed & See What Grows Foundation is childhood nutrition. Developing healthy eating habits in early youth provides not only a strong foundation for children, but for the entire household, neighborhood and community as initiatives reverberate from home-to-home and school-to-school. Today, we take a look […]