Cindy
When I began thinking of how to teach our children to be “self sustaining,” one of my first ideas was “what better way than growing our own veggies?” With limited land (and square footage), I leaned in and am proud to share my top 5 Ideas for Indoor/Outdoor Kid-Friendly Gardening Spaces!
I discovered there are many new innovative, indoor/outdoor gardens that are easy to setup, grow food in, and manage. Watch your kiddo’s faces as they enjoy the wonderful feelings of satisfaction, accomplishment as they discover how to be self-sustaining by nurturing and growing their own food!
#1. AeroGarden Indoor Hydroponic Garden
We all know kids can be a bit impatient (me too at times)…and this amazing AeroGarden Indoor Hydroponic Garden grows plants up to 6 times faster than regular soil-based gardening! This is a great kit to help you and your children get started! Based upon my discovery, I took the liberty of modifying AeroGarden’s great mission statement: “To bring the magic of gardening in-home all year round, and to inspire and enable YOUR KIDS to enhance their food, their homes, and their lives through a simple daily connection to what they grow.”
Because hydroponic plants grow in water only, there is no soil for little hands to spread around your house! The cool (no burnt fingers) LED grow lights are under a very thin grow light hood. You and your children will see fast results with sprouting beginning within days…your kids can be eating fresh salad greens, herbs and tomatoes within weeks! Check out the great price on Amazon!
#2. Garden Republic Indoor Herb Garden Starter Kit
For the non-veggie lovers, let your kids experience the powerful taste of homegrown herbs! This Garden Republic creates a fun, indoor kid-friendly gardening space to grow 100% USDA organic heirloom, Non-GMO, grown in the USA herbs. Your kids can grow basil, thyme, parsley, and cilantro right in your kitchen, on your balcony or on a window sill! This great kit includes seeds, the potting soil (shaped in a nice and clean “disc”), pots and scissors (yes, supervision is required)…check out the great price on Amazon!
#3 Mini Walk-In Outdoor Greenhouse Gardening space
How fun is this? If you can spare 5′ x 5′, this Nova Micrdermabrasion mini walk-in greenhouse will give your kids a fun (and insect free) space to watch things grow! Made of high quality metal framing with a clear waterproof PE (polyethylene) cover that shields kids and plants from frosts or pests and permits the nourishment from sunlight (and vitamin D) to pass through. It also offers UV protection!
Eight easy to reach shelves (the greenhouse is just over 6′ at its peak) offers lots of space for growing your herbs, vegetables and flowers. Get your kid’s green thumbs ON indoors or outside in your yard, on a patio or on a balcony! Check out the great price on Amazon!
#4. Raised Outdoor Gardening Bed – on wheels!
Raised Garden Beds are a wonderful invention! Add locking wheels and your outdoor kid-friendly gardening space is available wherever you want it! The elevation helps keep pests, rodents, and animals from invading your growing area…and can keep little hands from “gardening” when you happen to look away (also does away with bending and kneeling)!
The enclosed bottom platform design is great for keeping balconies and patios clean. Proper drainage keeps the dirt fresh and protects plants from decay or mineral buildup. Amazon has the raised garden bed with wheels or without…check it out!
#5. The Vegepod – an Indoor or Outdoor Kid-Friendly Gardening space!
I first saw the Vegepod outside of an Ace Hardware store and it stopped me in my tracks! The Vegepod is one of my favorite outdoor covered (kid-friendly) growing gardens! It is a raised garden bed, self-watering container garden kit for nearly effortless vegetable growing…and comes with a protective cover (so you and your kids garden when you lift the lid)!
It can be simply elevated to waist height and comes in 3 great sizes: 39.4inX19.7in (1mX0.5m), 39.4inX39.4in (1mX1m) and 78.7inX39.4in (2mX1m)
Vegepod is made with Virgin Polypropylene Plastic so it is food safe and reusable. It will not rust or discharge damaging chemicals into your soil or vegetables, so your kid’s veggies can be totally organic!
Check out this great product for creating your own self-watering vegetable garden!
I hope you find these 5 Ideas for Indoor/Outdoor Kid-Friendly Gardening Spaces helpful…and here’s to enjoying fresh, nutritious food for you and your family!
Interested in learning about how to shop more sustainably for your foods? Read my blog post covering the 5 best ways to shop more sustainably for your food!
All the very best and kindest wishes,
Cindy
