Great Gardens For Kids - Gardening Book
Great Gardens for Kids
create a stimulating landscape for fun and fancy
by Clare Matthews
0-600-61204-X6
160 pages, 9 x 9 1/2
full-color photographs
hardcover
"Matthews celebrates
the antithesis of the look-but-don't-touch, no-kids-allowed landscapes
. . . [She] carefully walks even the most tool-challenged adult through
more than 35 dynamic projects, depicted in eye-popping photographs."
—Booklist
"Interesting,
entertaining, and educational for children and the young-at-heart."
—Library Journal
"You can play
in the yard, but don't go near the garden!" That's a familiar parental
refrain, but gardens can be great getaways for kids. With the colorfully
illustrated, simple projects in these pages, even the smallest lawn can
become a children's paradise. Without compromising on safety, your pocketbook,
or the garden's finished look, you can build brilliant hideaways such
as flower teepees and washing line tents or construct innovative play
structures including mind-boggling mazes and climbing walls. Children
will blossom in these landscapes that inspire imaginative play, provide
physical challenges, and nurture an interest in nature.
