Instill the value of growing gardens, taking care of nature, and nourishing the soil! Here are the best children’s books about gardening.
Over the last few years, my family and I have been experimenting with gardening in our backyard. We’re “serious” enough to even get raised beds and tick off all the right requirements to actually grow food (sun, soil, season, and spacing).
Before that, we’ve had many dismal fails, from growing one measly tomato out of four plants to seeing all our kale seedlings get munched to the ground. But we’ve also had our wonderful surprises, like eating snow peas fresh from the vine to plucking radishes from the ground.
Even living in in an apartment didn’t stop us from learning about gardening and the plant cycle. We planted in containers, growing vegetables in pots along our patio. Sure, we ended up buying a 12″ pot, two bags of soil, and plant food just to grow one swiss chard.
But that’s what’s awesome about gardening. There’s no “purpose” other than the delight of watching a seed grow into vegetables. The kids get to see the growth process, from seed to harvesting from the soil. They anticipate the day we get to finally reap our produce and start anew.
Plus, here’s the best part: they look forward to eating meals cooked with our vegetables. Nothing gets them more excited about eating vegetables than growing and planting them.
Children’s books about gardening
As usual, I like to reinforce what we’re learning with books about the growth of a plant from seed to fruition. We also learn about the seasons of the year and how they impact our food and gardens. Some books even give tips on just what you need to grow the vegetables you place on your table.
If you’re looking for children’s books about gardening for toddlers and little kids, you’ve come to the right place. Check out my top selections below:
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How gardens grow
A Seed Grows by Antoinette Portis
Plants Can’t Sit Still by Rebecca E. Hirsch
Plants Feed Me by Lizzy Rockwell
If You Plant a Seed by Kadir Nelson
How Groundhog’s Garden Grew by Lynne Cherry
A Seed Is Sleepy by Dianna Aston
What’s in the Garden? by Marianne Berkes
Garbage Helps Our Garden Grow by Linda Glaser
Urban gardening
Linh’s Rooftop Garden by JaNay Brown-Wood
In Our Garden by Pat Zietlow Miller
Tokyo Digs a Garden by Jon-Erik Lappano
Uncle John’s City Garden by Bernette Ford
One Little Lot by by Diane C. Mullen
The Extraordinary Gardener by Sam Boughton
The Upside-Down Garden by Rosalie M. Meropol
Gardening with family
My Baba’s Garden by Jordan Scott
Grandma’s Gardens by Hillary Clinton and Chelsea Clinton
The Forever Garden by Laurel Snyder
Digger and Daisy Plant a Garden by Judy Young
We Are the Gardeners by Joanna Gaines
Lola Plants a Garden by Anna McQuinn
Mrs. Spitzer’s Garden by Edith Pattou
Exploring a garden
How to Say Hello to a Worm by Kari Percival
Goodnight, Veggies by Diana Murray
The Little Gardener by Jan Gerardi
Up in the Garden and Down in the Dirt by Kate Messner
How Does Your Garden Grow? by Holly Hobbie
Historical gardens
Diana’s White House Garden by Elisa Carbone
The Gardener of Alcatraz by Emma Bland Smith
Community gardens
Miguel’s Community Garden by JaNay Brown-Wood
The Bear’s Garden by Marcie Colleen
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