by Dennis Charland | Oct 24, 2023 | Blogs
How to Keep Kids Interested in Gardening Through the Winter It’s about that time of the year again, as the earth’s axis points away from the sun to bring winter weather across Canada. This can present a challenge to parents and educators who prefer to keep...
by Dennis Charland | Sep 26, 2023 | Blogs
In our recent article titled “When Can Kids Start Gardening?” (which is today, by the way) we discussed the physical fitness development element of the activity. It’s absolutely true that gardening will help your children build core strength and...
by Dennis Charland | Sep 26, 2023 | Blogs
When Can Kids Start Gardening? Allow us to take you on a little exercise. It’ll be brief, we promise! Open up your Google (or BING if you prefer) search bar and start typing in “when can kids start…” and you’ll discover the search engine...
by Dennis Charland | Aug 29, 2023 | Blogs
What Maui Can Teach Your Students About Garden and Farm Preservation Teachers often use current events to teach students of all-ages about important concepts. Often these current events are tragic, but they come with lessons that are important to learn about, even (or...
by Dennis Charland | Aug 29, 2023 | Blogs
Seed Preservation Lesson Plan for Your Students The new school year is here! We’re taking the opportunity to expand upon the Growing Plants in the Classroom lesson plan from last month with a look at – seed preservation. It’s important to teach your...
by Dennis Charland | Jul 12, 2023 | Blogs
How Kids Can Help Protect Bees this Summer The warm summer months are peak bee season across Canada. When most us (grownups) were younger, we considered the yellow and black insect to be a threat to summertime fun as we ran in fear of being stung. Thankfully the...
