Sow and Grow

A Gardening Book for Children
by Tina Davis

Kids are captivated by growing things. They’re fascinated by the way a seed, when planted, watered, and cared for, sprouts into a baby plant that’s soon putting out its first roots and leaves. In Sow and Grow, Tina Davis presents a year’s worth of inddor gardening ideas that combine fun and learning with a child’s sense of wonder at the natural world.

In this enchantingly designed book, filled with vintage illustrations from children’s books of the past, Davis has devised a calendar of indoor gardening activities, all linked to seasonal celebrations and changes. For January, she suggests starting kitchen salad gardens from seeds. For April, she shows how to plant tiny spring gardens in eggshells. For September, she explains the techniques of pressing late-summer flowers and autumn leaves.

Sow and Grow also acquaints children with the basics of plant biology, teaching them the meanings of words like “fruit” and “flower” and explaining the roles of light, air, and water in plants’ development. This is a superb introduction to plants and gardening for young children. 

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