Try this simple photosynthesis experiment for kids to show your students the process of a leaf and plant producing oxygen.
A bug hotel is part garden craft and part winter home for insects! Create one today with this fun and easy bug hotel craft for kids!
Planting perennials in the fall is a simple way to enjoy a larger, more stunning garden for longer. Benefit from a colorful and vibrant garden all year.
Learn how to grow ranunculus (even if you live in a hot summer climate like the low desert of Arizona) with these 5 tips.
Simple and delicious homemade roasted tomato sauce from fresh tomatoes
Come learn how to grow garlic in any zone, including when and how to plant garlic cloves, tips for soil prep, containers, mulch, and more!
Learn how to build super easy, fast, and attractive raised garden beds! This is a 30-minute DIY project & is perfect for growing your own vegetable garden!
Companion planting can help your garden grow better. Learn which crops make the best companion plants for peppers in to improve flavor and deter pests!
Get the inspiration & know-how to build your own raised garden bed with these six inexpensive raised garden bed ideas!
These vegetable bingo printables are a fun, low-prep way to teach your children about vegetables, nutrition, and gardening. Grab free veggie bingo or a classroom set!
If you're adding a new raised garden bed, you may wonder if you need to line it and how you should fill the bottom. Here are your options.
These coffee filter flowers are SO PRETTY! This simple craft is beautiful enough for adults, but easy enough that kids can make them too. They make beautiful party decorations and are also a great gift idea for teachers or Mother's Day. Easy Coffee Filter Flowers It's hard to believe these flowers are made out of coffee filters! For pennies you can make a beautiful flower bouquet that won't wilt or fade. Best of all, these coffee filter flowers are SO EASY to make. They're made from simple supplies (coffee filters painted with liquid watercolor paint and tied together with a
Perennial herbs are a great addition to any garden. Whether you live in a warm or cold climate, you'll find lots of options on this list.
Learn about amazing trees with this fun, and free hands-on unit study. Free nature unit studies for homeschooling from The Crafty Classroom.
Here are 150 brilliant projects and ideas to improve your home's style and charm/ Check our DIY ideas today.
Knowing when to cut back asparagus is important for plant health and management of pests. Learn asparagus plant pruning timing and tips here.
Anyone can grow their own cut flowers and enjoy blooms you wouldn't be able to find at the store. Here's how to start growing and which flowers to choose.
C is for Crafts: Homemade Handprint Garden Stones - Get ready to have fun and get messy with this tutorial on how to make your own decorative garden stones.
I am linking up again with Teaching With Nancy's weekly linky - TGIF - Thank Goodness It's Free! Be sure to head over to her blog to pick up some more free stuff! We are finishing up our unit on plants and here are the greenhouses that we made. I have seen similar designs on Pinterest and decided to create one that we could use. Let me pause here to say - SEEDS ARE AMAZING! I forgot to buy bean seeds and remembered that I had pinto beans in my sensory bins! So I just grabbed some from the bins!!! And they grew!!! AMAZING! And did you know that you can use dry bean soup mix from the store to sprout? Here are the seeds on Day 1. And on Day 11. I love planting in plastic bags, because we are able to see all the plant parts! You can grab the Greenhouse pattern and directions below! Just click on the cover thumbnail! ***If you are having trouble accessing the file, please try using a non-work, non-school related account.***
Discover kid-friendly and family-friendly outdoor spaces with these fun ideas from HGTV.com.
Fall is an excellent time to divide many perennial plants. You're likely to have more time, and your plants will be set for the spring.
If you don’t want to dig and you don’t want to pile, try this. When I first started gardening, the “proper” way to prepare a garden bed was double digging. I wouldn’t …
Growing herbs indoors makes it easy to snip fresh foliage to flavor meals whenever you need them. Here are 14 herbs that will grow indoors, plus tips to get your indoor herb garden started.
Landscaping doesn't have to cost a bunch of a money. Some great design planning and a little DIY work can give you cheap landscaping fixes that look expensive.
Building a playhouse in the garden will both captivate children's imaginations and get them outdoors. We reveal the best playhouses to buy.
Frogs and toads are wonderful for your garden. They eat lots of insects such as mosquitoes, slugs and beetles. So, build a few frog habitats in the garden for natural pest control today.
The complete guide of all of our crochet flower bouquet free patterns. You can find main flower pattern to filler, secondary and more.
Zucchini taco boats are easy to make and a fun way to put healthy twist on taco night! This zucchini boat recipe is low-carb, paleo, keto, and Whole 30 friendly, so they work for just about everyone!
Try this fun pollination STEM activity for students to make a craft stick model bee then simulate pollination using mac and cheese powder!
These delicious Zuccnini Fritters are a fun summertime side dish.
A quick and easy way to roast Japanese shishito peppers for the perfect appetizer or snack.
Buzz through spring with the Bee Pollination STEAM Activity! Now that more and more bees are coming out after the cold winter, it's the perfect time to teach children about how bees and flowers help each other out to accomplish each other's goals: Flowers getting pollinated and bees gathering nectar for honey. Children will enjoy flying their little bee buddies around and helping them gather pollen to deliver from flower to flower.
Want to replace your lawn with a ground cover you could step on without damaging it? Discover the names of these Best Walkable Ground Covers!
