Friday, October 15, 2010

Kids' Gardening Seminar, with Annette McFarlane

On the 29th of September the girls and I went to a gardening seminar for children. They had a ball. They learned how to pot-on seedlings (Tommytoe Tomato seedlings and marigolds) and plant seeds from scratch (three large bean varieties - easy to handle for little fingers). Annette also introduced the children to worm farming, letting them pick up and play with the worms. Here are some photos from the day - enjoy!
All the supplies - ready and waiting for the kids to arrive!

The worms are spread out for inspection.

Chosen a worm...

 Showing Mama

And Miss C - Oooh it wriggled!

 We potted up some Marigolds...
 
Anne showed us some Tomato seedlings....

 You just pop them in like this...
And then she gave us six magic beans each - three of each type!

So we planted them in our punnets. :0)

Filthy hands, lots of fun!!!

Lots of soap and a good old scrub 
to get them clean again. All done!




3 comments:

  1. Oh my gosh! Too cute with the girls gardening! Chiara looks so cute in her glasses, and Myella looks like she was having a blast with her dirty hands!

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  2. This looks like great fun, how did you find out about this one?. Please let me know about any more that might come up.

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  3. Loved the chair that Chiara had to stand on.
    She really enjoyed being a big kid.

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