Outdoor Play > Gardening

This is an inspirational resource for anyone interested in growing their own healthy food while improving the health of their family and our own planet, Earth.

Rake with a long handle is one of a range of gardening tools designed for children ages 5+. Wooden handle and orange metal prongs.

Discover the 4 stages in the Life Cycle of a Green Bean Plant. Stages include a Seed, Germination, Seedling, and Green Bean Plant. Educational information is found on the back of the packaging. Ages 4+

The garden is a wonderful place to learn, play and explore. Along with the fresh air and freedom of being outdoors, children love growing a small seed into something they can taste, feel and smell. Kit contains: 3 piece tool set with wooden handles, terracotta pot, planter sticks, children's garden gloves and instructions. Ages 3+

Cild-sized gardening gloves, 100% cotton, in a range of colours and patterns.

Rainbow coloured flower windmill on a 30cm wooden rod.

What's small, able to be grown on your windowsill and is bursting with flavour and goodness? Microgreens! The new superfood that everyone can grow.

A little gardener can grow real small plants or herbs in this greenhouse. The greenhouse is made of birch plywood and bamboo, and has an opening rooftop to allow for planting and watering. Two sliding doors offer a second access to four double-walled, fully functional plastic trays that can be filled with earth and seeds. So that the plants can grow under optimum conditions, we recommend placing the greenhouse in a bright, warm place. Soil and seeds are not included. Size: 35.5cm x 28cm x 25cm.

This large capacity two-wheeled cart/wheelbarrow is perfect for the little gardener. With a sturdy handle for pushing or pulling, the cart stays balanced on the front end for easy dumping and loading. Adult assembly required. Ages 2+.

Perfect for budding gardeners this set includes a sturdy metal watering can, garden gloves and three implements. Choose from two colors blue or green. Ages 5+.

24cm, 1.5 litre spotted watering can.

1.5 litre green powder coated metal watering can with two handles. Ages 3+.

Hardwearing gardening gloves for children made of a cotton/terylene blend with wrist elastic and PVC dots on palm for easy grip. Ages 3+.

1.5 litre orange powder coated metal watering can with two handles. Ages 3+.

Continuing with our successful titles in the Tui family this practical, highly illustrated guide has been written specifically for the young gardener. It contains all the essential information you need to start a garden plus information on the most popular plants young gardeners might like to cultivate. There are also sections on protecting your plants, how to design a garden, what tools are needed as well as combating pests and diseases. Recipes using your produce are also included as well as crafts, trivia and key tips. A handy p... read more

Growing Gardeners explains the science of organic gardening so that budding gardeners can create wonderful gardens that will feed their families. While having fun growing and harvesting fruits and vegetables readers learn that sustainable living starts in their own organic backyard garden. In the current economic climate, and with increasing concern for sustainability, this book is a great starting point for the many people who may have lost touch with the joys and benefits of a backyard vege garden and who have not grown up with t... read more

From plot to plate, this is a cookery and gardening book in one, from the experts at the RHS. Is your child a budding gardener or chef? Children will love learning how to plant seeds and turn their produce into delicious meals that they can eat. They'll have juicy tomatoes that make fantastic pizzas, plump pumpkins for a perfect pie, luscious strawberries for a smashing smoothie and many more tempting treats. They'll discover how food grows, from photosynthesis to pollination and learn to care for their plants. Then when they've pi... read more

What do I need to make a garden? What plants can I eat from my garden? Is spaghetti squash a plate of flat pasta? If you want to know more about growing your own juicy tomatoes, crunchy carrots and tasty strawberries, then this is the book for you. Find out what tools you need and how to make seeds grow into fruit, flowers or vegetables. Learn how to grow a pumpkin with your name on it, how you can make a living tepee and how to grow a cucumber inside a bottle. Discover who your garden friends are and find out who's just waiting to... read more

Following the success of Yates Young Gardener: Growing Things to Eat, Janice Marriott's latest gardening book is packed full of ideas for outside fun and learning. With experiments like making shrunken heads, a butterfly feeding jar or fungus garden, or even designing a dream garden, this book is packed full of activities for you to do in your home garden. Look out for KIA - short for Mr Know-it-all - offering useful advice along the way, Nurse Nasturtium, teaching you how to keep safe in the garden, and the Red Hot Poker Joker, wh... read more

Get Growing gives people of all ages the gardening basics, as well as fun projects and activies to spark the imagination and cultivate green thumbs. Children don't need to know everything there is about edible gardening to get started. The book re-introduces the idea that food comes from nature - not the supermarket - and the acts of growing, preparing and sharing it can be immensely satisfying. This book is packed with information and ideas for making edible gardening a fun activity that all members of the family can enjoy. ... read more