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Our Publications and Resources list (below) includes fact sheets on pollinators, garden activities for children, instructions on building an herb spiral and a rain garden, and much more.

A collection of newspaper columns, (below) are written by Master Gardeners and touch on topics ranging from indoor gardening, to personal reflections on gardening, to seasonal gardening activities. 

Children's Garden Activities

Garden in a Glove

Materials:

  • Recommended book - ‘Seed, Soil, Sun’ by Cris Peterson
  • Clear, disposable poly-gloves for food service
    (one for each student)
  • 5 moistened cotton balls for each student
  • Seeds from the list below
  • Small address label stickers, small strips of
    paper
  • Masking tape

Prep-Work:
Soak cotton balls in water prior to the activity
Print 20 labels for each type of sees

Steps for making ‘Garden in a Glove’

  1. Choose 5 seed types from the categories below, one for each finger in the glove.

    Seeds: Corn, Peas, Beans
    Roots: Carrots, Radishes, Beets
    Fruit: Tomato, Pepper, Cucumber
    Leaves: Lettuce, Spinach, Kale
    Flower: Cauliflower, Broccoli
    Stem: Celery
     

  2. Distribute 1 glove and 5 moistened cotton balls to each student. Ask them to place a cotton ball
    in each finger of their glove.
  3. Have students select their 5 seed labels and instruct them to place a label on each glove finger.
  4. Give each student 2 seeds for each vegetable/fruit, distributing one type at a time. Make sure
    the labels and seeds match for each glove finger.
  5. Using masking tape, the students can tape the gardens on a sunny window.
  6. Every few days, check to see that the cotton balls are moist. If needed, add a few drops of
    water using a misting bottle or a trickle of water.
  7. Check the seeds daily and ask students to record their observations of how the seeds swell as
    well as when roots and shoots begin to grow.
  8. When the new plants, called ‘seedlings’, are approximately 2 inches tall, cut the bottom of each
    finger from the glove to remove the cotton ball and seedlings.
  9. Transplant the seedlings to a container filled with potting soil or to a garden.
  10. Continue to care for the plants until they are ready to harvest.


This project can be kept in the classroom for observation or sent home for the students to share with
others. Estimated Times for Completion: prep work- 20 min.; lesson-45 min.; reinforcement activity-30 min.