Children's Garden Ideas

Thumbelina's Garden
You can grow many of these tiny plants in patio pots!

• Thumbelina carrots


• Strawberry popcorn


• Radishes


• Scallions


• Cherry Tomatoes


• Miniature Pumpkins


• Thumbelina Zinnias

Spaghetti Sauce Garden
Buy bedding plants to speed up your harvest of tomatoes & peppers.

• Tomatoes


• Green Peppers


• Onions


• Garlic


• Oregano


• Basil

Salad Garden
Plant your lettuces as soon as the ground is warm, and pick the leaves from the outside of the plants as you need them.

• Assorted Leaf Lettuce


• Spinach


• Cherry Tomatoes


• Scallions


• Radishes


• Carrots


• Cucumbers

Salsa Garden
Plant your cilantro from seed, but use bedding plants to grow tomatoes and peppers.

• Tomatoes


• Hot Peppers


• Onions


• Tomatillos


• Garlic


• Cilantro

Pickle Garden
Cucumber vines need support for best growth.

• Pickler-type Cucumbers


• Dill


• Garlic

Weird Veggie Garden
Check your garden center and catalogues for seeds to grow these unusual plants!

• Spaghetti Squash


• White Pumpkins


• Yellow Tomatoes


• Purple Pod Beans


• Yellow Watermelon


• Red Sunflowers


• Blue Potatoes


• White Icicle Radishes


• Birdhouse Squash

Pretty as a Picture Garden
For this garden, you use plants to fill in a picture or design you draw in the dirt. Try simple shapes like a heart, rainbow or your initial! Low growing plants work best.

• Alyssum (purple, pink, white)


• Petunias (white, yellow, red, pinks, etc…)


• Marigolds (white, yellow, rust, etc…)


• Zinnias (white, yellow, red, etc…)


• Salvia (red, purple, blue, pink)


• Impatiens (coral, white, pinks, red)

Gigantic Veggie Garden
Allow plenty of room when planting any of these jumbo sized plants!

• Giant Radishes


• Yard-long Green Beans


• Zucchini


• Beefmaster Tomatoes


• Prizewinner Pumpkins


• Mammoth Greystripe Sunflowers

Posted by Amy Baker on May 5, 2008 11:36 AM in Kids' Corner