With so much canceled by the coronavirus, family gardening can offer numerous summer activities for kids
Even mealtime can bring an epiphany, she observed: “Hey, we’re eating a carrot — that’s the root of a plant!”
By Diana Lockwood
The Columbus Dispatch
Jun 15, 2020
Excerpt:
Columbus, Ohio— For the youngest gardeners and nature lovers, summer often means day camps where they learn about plants and animals, programs with groups of like-minded junior naturalists, and perhaps a class on a favorite topic, such as flowers or caterpillars.
Not this year, though.
As beleaguered parents and disappointed kids already know, coronavirus has squelched many of the typical children’s activities that summer usually brings (along with much of the rest of modern life) .
But with equal parts ingenuity and flexibility, families can find other ways to nurture a budding gardening instinct.
Whether the setting is the kitchen table, a woodland park or a suburban vegetable patch, kids can still engage in that most important work of childhood: getting their hands dirty.
