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Grow Your Own Pizza! Gardening Plans and Recipes for Kids
By: Constance Hardesty

Provides plans and instructions for growing twenty-six different gardens, with recipes for using what is grown. Gardens and recipes are divided by difficulty level, from easy to advanced.

Sow and Grow: A Gardening Book for Children
By: Tina Davis

Acquaints children with the basics of plant biology, teaching them the meanings of words like "fruit" and "flower" and explaining the roles of light, air, and water in plants' development. Features a calendar of indoor-gardening and related activities, all linked to seasonal celebrations and changes.

Roots, Shoots, Buckets & Boots: Gardening Together With Children
By: Sharon Lovejoy

Easy-to-implement ideas for theme gardens that parents and kids can grow together. Illustrated throughout by the author's own lyrical watercolors, each garden includes a plan, the planting recipe -- seeds, seedlings, and growing instructions spelled out step-by-step -- and activities. There's the Pizza Patch , a giant-size wheel garden planted in "slices" of tomatoes, zucchini, oregano, and basil. A Flowery Maze to get lost in. A Moon Garden of night-blooming flowers, including a moonflower tent. And Mother Nature's Medicine Chest.

Green Green: A Community Gardening Story
Written by: Marie Lamba and Baldev Lamba
Illustrated by: Sonia Sánchez

In the city an abandoned lot squeezed between two buildings becomes a community garden.

The Nitty-Gritty Gardening Book: Fun Projects for All Seasons
By: Kari A. Cornell

Discusses how to grow your own fruits, vegetables, and flowers by following fun and easy projects. You don't even need a garden space--many of these activities can be done by planting in containers to set on a porch or a patio or even in a window.

Dig In! 12 Easy Gardening Projects Using Kitchen Scraps
By: Kari A. Cornell

Grow your own fruits and vegetables from nothing but kitchen scraps! Instead of throwing away leftovers in your kitchen, learn how to use them to grow more. Step-by-step instructions and recipes will help you enjoy the fruits of your labor.
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