Overview
With top 10 lists, showing the best and easiest plants to grow and projects that can be completed anywhere, from the city to the suburbs, Ready Set Grow features more than 30 simple gardening projects specially designed to be completed during summer vacation. In Ready Set Grow step-by-step photographs show young gardeners how to grow plants from seed, how to propagate plants, when to harvest seeds, how long different plants take to grow, what to do about pests, and much more.
Synopsis
With top 10 lists, showing the best and easiest plants to grow and projects that can be completed anywhere, from the city to the suburbs, Ready Set Grow features more than 30 simple gardening projects specially designed to be completed during summer vacation. In Ready Set Grow step-by-step photographs show young gardeners how to grow plants from seed, how to propagate plants, when to harvest seeds, how long different plants take to grow, what to do about pests, and much more.
Publishers Weekly
Sunny and energetic spreads feature more than 30 garden project ideas, aimed at getting kids outdoors and in the dirt. Photographs and illustrations teach the basics about plant cultivation—top 10 lists offer tips for growing “quick-to-grow,” and “cool” plants (including a “Tickle-me plant” and “Venus flytrap”). Recycling is a recurring theme (the book suggests planting herbs for sun tea in an old suitcase); many of the garden-related projects tend toward the whimsical (building a floral teepee or creating a fairy circle); and there's a strong emphasis on growing edible plants—everything from microgreeens to kohlrabi. The fun, easy, and green concepts should have readers eagerly awaiting spring. Ages 6–up. (Feb.)