Youth Gardening Activities

Gardening for Families, Friends & Fun

• Alphabet Gardening
• Avocados: Starting Seeds
• Bean Tower
• Colorful Carnations
• Coloring Eggs- Natural Dyes
• Composting
• Fruit Garland for Birds
• Garden Poetry
• Gourd Birdhouses
• Leaf Rubbings
• Make a Seed Tape
• Nature Journaling
• Pinecone Bird Feeder
• Pizza Garden
• Potpourri: Make Your Own
• Salsa Garden
• Scarecrow
• Scavenger Hunt
• Seed Saving
• Youth Book List
• Zoo Garden List of Plants

Check Out These Web Sites!

After Dinner Gardening with Kids - YouTube: Fun, activity idea to do with your family, classroom or 4-H club - from University of Illinois Extension. Perfect inside learning/fun for winter!

• School Gardening Resources - University of Illinois Extension
• Lancaster County 4-H
• Nebraska Extension in Lancaster County Horticulture Resources
• Nebraska 4-H
• National Junior Horticulture Association
• Yuckiest Site on the Internet
• Science 4 Kids! - Agricultural Research Service (ARS)
• Plant Safety

Showing at the Fair

• Learn how to join 4-H
• Preparing & Showing Flowers & Vegetables; Plant Science Contests
• Lancaster County Super Fair & Nebraska State Fair

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