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The Surprise Garden

Imagine buying a home and finding out that someone planted you a surprise garden! I find many sweet stories of mini gardeners when I page through our library of GreenPrints issues, but as the mom of a little sunflower-lover, this one touches my heart a little extra. In this story, “Secret Sunflowers” by Mary Anglin-Coulter, […]

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The Mother’s Garden That Saved Us

Whether it’s a grandmother’s or mother’s garden, the gardens we remember from childhood are almost always places we can return to in our minds to find a moment of peace or calm. If we’re lucky, we can even go there in person. In story after story as I’ve read through the GreenPrints archives, I see […]

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There’s a Magical Secret Garden Underground

If you grew up reading books like The Lord of the Rings or The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe, you might understandably believe that if you want to find a magical secret garden, you need to head off to some forgotten realm or stumble upon an adventure. Can you imagine how magical a Hobbit garden […]

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A Simple Lesson for Gardening with Kids

When my children were young, I was sure that they didn’t listen. Even a doe-eyed three year old attached at the hip who seems like they’re patiently listening to all your parental wisdom is probably just singing the lyrics to the latest Disney song in their head while you jabber on. Gardening with kids, which […]

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Raising Young Gardeners

As parents and grandparents of potential young gardeners, we have watched whimsical playtime in the backyard turn to bright staring faces behind blue tablets and screens. Eating out at a restaurant used to be a big deal that deserved full attention, but nowadays, you’re lucky to dine out and see a family with their faces […]

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Family Gardening and Life Lessons

Family gardening time can also be a great way to occupy the younger ones in our midst with important, but engaging tasks that keep them busy. Usually, this is also fun time. It’s time we can spend together learning about nature, how our hard work and patience pays off, and how even when we do […]

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Family Gardening – In the Literal Sense

Oh! The joys of family gardening. I realize that might sound a little sarcastic, but I’m being serious. I love gardening with my family. It’s gives us a chance to spend time together outdoors, with the sun overhead, warm soil at our feet, and the reward of delicious fruits, herbs, and vegetables nearly all year […]

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The Joy and Chaos of Gardening with Kids

I just loved reading today’s story, “Tiny Gardeners,” because it reminded me of my own daughter who is in kindergarten and attends a (mostly) outdoor Waldorf school. In the spring and fall, her teacher asks parents to bring in bulbs so that the children can plant them all around their play yard. Gardening with kids […]

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Gardening with Children is Good for Life Lessons

Until my daughter began helping me in the garden, I never realized how much I would learn by gardening with children. I knew I would take her out to the garden, and I assumed she would watch me patiently and lovingly, helping pull weeds here and there or learning to tell the difference between daisies […]

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There Are Some Interesting Plant Names – Then There’s This

Interesting may be in the eye of the beholder. Even so, I’d bet you have a mental list of at least a few interesting plant names. Mother-in-law’s tongue is one I’ve always found amusing. Then there’s the Corpse Flower, which would be right at home with Wednesday Addams not just for the name, but also […]

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