Come Play In The Dirt

We encourage you and your children to begin a new learning adventure by gardening together.

Whether you live in an apartment, condo, or house, you can still enjoy gardening with your children. You can have potted plants, dish gardens, hanging baskets, or plants in the ground. They can be flowering plants, herbs, fruits, or vegetables. Start small, and don’t get overwhelmed. Now is a great time to start planning and planting seedlings.

On April 14, from 4 – 6pm, North Buckhead Civic Association’s Beautiful North Buckhead Committee invites you and your kids to this FREE event where there will be opportunities to learn about the importance of native plants while engaging all the senses. This event is open to ALL AGES, with activities suitable for children. After the event, everyone will leave with a free native plant suitable for planting in a yard, patio, or balcony.

Gardening helps children learn responsibility, while instilling a sense of self-confidence and creates an opportunity to learn about pollution, pesticides, and recycling. Gardening promotes well-rounded development in children. Whether in pots on an apartment balcony, a community garden, or right out the back door, children who engage with a garden are harvesting a lot more than food and flowers. Gardening makes the best use of all your child’s senses and has the potential to help your child become a humble, caring, and responsible human being.