Let's Get Gardening

$30.00 NZD

Category: Gardening

Let's Get Gardening is a wonderful start to building any child's green thumb and encouraging them to do their bit for the environment. This book includes three simple chapters - kitchen gardening, wildlife gardening and recycled gardening - each with easy sustainability projects to inspire everyone's in ner eco-kid. Learn how to grow organic vegetables and herbs, how to attract awesome bees, butterflies and birds to your area, and how to make sustainable garden containers from household waste. This book helps children learn about conservation, recycling and sustainability in simple and practical ways, while getting them outdoors learning about plants and wildlife. They will learn to build a mini nature reserve, grow staple ingredients themselves, plant a bee-friendly garden, provide homes for native wildlife and much more. Whether you have a big garden or a small windowsill, you can do your bit to make the world a greener place. ...Show more

Grow a Garden! (Maker Comics) by Alexis Frederick-Frost

$23.00 NZD

Category: Gardening | Series: Maker Comics

Maker Comics is the ultimate DIY guide. Inside Alexis Frederick-Frost's graphic novel, you will find illustrated instructions for six gardening projects Will, Violet, and Basil must be the unluckiest students at the Garden Gnome Academy. They've been stuck with Mr. Butternut, the school's most unpopular (and unusual) teacher. Will and his friends have to learn about soil and compost while their classmates get to study exotic plants and butterflies. Although things get a little messy (and stinky) in his class, Mr. Butternut does know a thing or two about growing delicious veggies. Read along to get all the dirt on growing your favorite vegetables And you don't need a big backyard to be a great gardener--just a little bit of space and a lot of sunlight. With the easy instructions inside this book you can grow lettuce, carrots, tomatoes, peppers, and more. Maker Comics: Grow a Garden will walk you through each step, from seed to harvest. Follow the easy step-by-step instructions and you can make: A compost binSeed potsPotting mixA growlight shelfA cold frameA container garden ...Show more

Stanley Jr. Gardening Is Awesome by Chris Peterson; STANLEY® Jr.

$33.00 NZD

Category: Gardening | Series: STANLEY® Jr

STANLEY® Jr. Gardening is Awesome gets kids building and learning in the garden with a dozen fun projects. Kids can jump right in with an introduction to gardening. A complete basics section on vegetables, fruits, flowers, trees, and shrubs kicks things off. You'll also learn how to make super soil and keep plants happy with the right amount of sunlight and water. A complete garden gear guide gets you ready for growing. The rest of the book is all about the projects. Chapters and projects include: • Gardening How-Tos shows you how to test soil drainage and start plants in an egg carton. • Great Bed Gardens sets you up for success when planting a row garden, a colourful summer flower garden, and more. • Container Gardening shows you how to grow strawberries in a 5-Gallon bucket and create a beautiful bulb box. • Raised Bed Plots feature a square foot garden, uplifted herb garden, and even a vertical garden! With clearly written steps and helpful photographs, the aim is for kids to lead. STEAM/STEM learning opportunities are part of the fun as well! Fun facts and explorations accompany the projects throughout the book, highlighting everything from composting chemistry to the maths behind a square foot garden. Kids are encouraged to develop a "maker" mentality, fostering creative problem-solving and open-ended exploration. Build and explore in the garden!   ...Show more

My First Gardening Book: 35 Easy and Fun Projects for Budding Gardeners by Ryland Peters & Small

$25.00 NZD

Category: Gardening

If you're a budding gardener, you can discover how to sow and grow successfully with My First Gardening Book. In Chapter 1, Getting Started, you will learn all the basics, such as how to prepare soil, sow seeds, choose plants and maintain your garden. In Chapter 2, Grow Your Own, put your skills to good use with projects such as the Tasty Herb Pot, Sunflower Alley and Eggshell Gardens. Chapter 3, Garden Decorations, shows you innovative ways to brighten up your garden, including Painted Pots and Ice Mobiles, and in Chapter 4, Garden Crafts you can combine gardening and craft activities, with fun creations such as Lavender Bags and Pretty Seed Packets. All the projects are explained in child-friendly language so that you can garden independently. You will soon enjoy all the rewards of your work as you watch your plants and flowers grow and blossom. ...Show more

Ready, Steady, Grow! Quick and Easy Gardening Projects by Royal Horticultural Society

$35.00 NZD

Category: Gardening | Reading Level: 8-11

Cool gardening projects for kids! Get your child in the garden, get sowing and harvesting and they will learn to grow all kinds of plants, vegetables and fruits quickly and easily. No need to wait months for results: they'll be able to follow the simple instructions to raise fantastic plants in twelve w eeks or less. Soon they'll have tasty tomatoes and delicious strawberries, pretty marigolds and sprouting seeds ready to eat in a week. There are fun projects, too, from making a pizza garden and growing a fairy ring, to designing a wildlife window box. And you don't even need a garden: there are lots of ideas for using containers, baskets and boxes. So get ready, get steady and get growing! ...Show more

Gardening for Planet Earth by Dee Pigneguy

$25.00 NZD

Category: Gardening

If we were to focus on growing food in family backyards, we could shape a new world." Gardening is all about learning, experimenting, changing things, adapting, being observant and open to new ideas. Let the amazing photographs in this book help you to learn how to create your own garden paradise. Gar dening for Planet Earth will help you discover: How organic gardens depend on nature's cycles for everything from making soil and fixing nitrogen to growing nutrient dense food. How plants sustain life on earth based on the sun's renewable energy. The role insects play in the predator-prey cycle. The fun and excitement of growing your own fruit, flowers, herbs and vegetables. How organic gardening can slow climate change. With her husband Mike once again behind the camera, Dee Pigneguy has reshaped and augmented her immensely popular, and now sold out book, Growing Gardeners, into this inspirational resource for anyone interested in growing their own healthy food while improving the health of their family and our own planet, Earth. ...Show more

The Children's Garden: Loads of Things to Make and Grow by Matthew Appleby

$33.00 NZD

Category: Gardening

A garden can be a place for discovery, creativity and fun, and a space that encourages children to enjoy and engage with the natural world. Through 52 exciting family projects, this book inspires parents and their children to play and learn in the garden, with activities including nature trails, cooking , crafting and growing plants and vegetables. Ex-primary teacher Matthew Appleby (author of The Allotment Planner, 2013) is the expert voice behind the book. Appleby has two sons and has tapped into his first-hand experience of parenting and teaching to devise these seasonal projects for every week of the year. The Children's Garden is the perfect companion for families looking to discover the magic and adventure their gardens have to offer. ...Show more

Kid's Gardening Tool Set by .

$14.00 NZD

Category: Crafts and Science

The Worm Book: The Complete Guide to Gardening and Composting with Worms by Loren Nancarrow; Janet Hogan Taylor

$30.00 NZD

Category: Gardening

After spilling the secrets of natural pest control in "Dead Snails Leave No Trails", Taylor and Nancarrow are back with this handy and comprehensive guide that celebrates that modest hero of the new organic gardening revolution: the worm. Topics include building a worm bin, making a yard and garden worm friendly, vermicomposting, and more ...Show more

Yates Garden Guide: Celebrating 130 Years of Yates in New Zealand

$50.00 NZD

Category: Gardening

This special anniversary edition features a pictorial history of Yates in New Zealand and a new chapter about changes in garden styles over the last century, as well as a completely revised chapter on New Zealand native plants. Fully illustrated and detailing hundreds of plant species, this book contain s everything you need to know about growing trees, shrubs, vines, flowers, vegetables, herbs and fruit. Handy hints from top gardeners will save you time and money, and brand-new problem-solving charts will help you identify and deal with pests and diseases. Chapters on designing and preparing a range of garden styles including organic, low-allergen and water-saving gardens, along with container gardens for courtyards and balconies, make this the essential companion for all New Zealand gardeners. ...Show more

Kid's Garden Adventure Kit by Don Burke

$30.00 NZD

Category: Gardening

This book is for adventurous kids and their parents, who want to explore the nature that grows in their local environment. The activities are designed for boys and girls, and range from easy to tricky in their levels. Children will discover the magic of growing, the different properties that plants have , how to track the sun, how to plant vegetables from the things we have in our kitchens already, how to gather moss, how to create a terrarium and more. Chapters include: Growing & Exploring; Collecting; Making & Creating. You can learn about Magic Nasturtiums, how to make an egg head or a living moss garden and even how to change the colour of a flower. The kit contains a fully illustrated colour book, packed with 25 activities for the garden, park and outdoors; a garden trowel, to dig and plant; a compass to track the sun with a ruler to measure seedlings and a special UV torch to explore nightlife and animal markings. Each activity includes instructions on what is needed to get started, 6 easy steps explaining what to do and each step is accompanied by a photograph. All you need to get going outdoors, the kit comes in a small suitcase with a plastic handle and is perfect for children over the age of 6. ...Show more

You Can Grow Your Own Food by Annabelle Padwick

$25.00 NZD

Category: Gardening | Series: You Can...

Get muddy, get green fingers and get growing! Always wondered if you could make things grow? This book is what you need to get great at gardening in no time at all. It's easy to understand and tells you exactly what you need to know step-by-step. It offers easy-peasy tips on how to grow all kinds of f ruit, vegetables and herbs outside and indoors; has plenty of space to scribble--make notes, keep track of what you have planted and make the book your own; and is packed with fun gardening projects guaranteed to get your hands dirty! ...Show more