Ms. Eudora’s Garden Tool Blog

Did you know that garden tools are not just for adults? That’s right, there’s now a wide range of kid’s gardening tools available on the market for the little ones to enjoy.The art of gardening can provide numerous benefits to any person young or old, and this also includes children.

Getting kids active in gardening activities provides a number of positives including the physical exercise benefits that gardening provides, as well as the emotional benefits like stress reduction and the building of self-esteem and confidence that kids can gain by actually planting, nurturing and being able to visibly see their progress .

Other rewards that can be reaped by gardening with kids is that you both can, and probably will build stronger bonds, friendships, trust and wonderful memories that will last for a lifetime. I, myself am a good testament, as some of my fondest childhood memories are being in my grandmother’s garden some 40-plus years ago.

Before you begin a gardening project with your children, there are a few things you should remember:

• First, take into consideration how old they are. If you are an active gardener with small children or grandchildren, including them in your daily gardening activities provides an easy way to keep an eye on them while outside. And, at the same time you get to teach them how things grow with help of Mother Nature.

• Purchasing their own garden tools is a good way to get them started and to hold their interest. Although there’s an array of toys that can be used as garden tools for kids, these are not generally recommended as they tend not to be very sturdy and could easily break.

• Please always remember that kid’s garden tools, just like those for adults should be strong and durable. They should also be made for varying kids hand sizes to accommodate both smaller and bigger children and like your own tools, they should be capable of performing different jobs.

• Although it’s not necessary to buy expensive garden tools for kids, one should never forsake quality for price. Luckily, there are genuine kids garden tools on the market, that are designed and created for the purpose and are seen as relatively safe.

Before making that garden tool purchase consider these things first:

• First, ask yourself what part of the garden will be theirs and how big of a space will you give to them? If possible, try and let them choose. Can you picture the delight a child will have knowing that, and I’m sure telling others, that not only do they work in the garden, but they got a chance to pick and choose their own spot?

• Another thing to consider is what kind of garden the child is going to plant (i.e. flowers, vegetables, fruit). Although some basic garden tools are required no matter what type of garden you have, some types of gardens may require special tools.

• Also, when making your purchase for them make sure that their tools fit comfortably in their hands, as so should yours. However, if they are old enough some metal garden tools should be fine for them to use.

• Kids gardening tools are usually available as individual tools or in sets. Kid-sized garden trowels and cultivators can be purchased separately and in sets which can include knee pads, gardening gloves, hand shovels cultivators, and/or trowels, all of which have wooden handles with stainless steel ends and come presented nicely in their own garden tool box.

I hope these tips will help you in your decision on what type of garden tools to purchase for them. And for a real learning and teaching experience, let kids plant their favorite vegetables and watch them grow, or flowers they think are pretty or maybe a little of both. Then enjoy the delight as they watch their gardens grow with pride and then pick the fruits of their labor with joy when its time.

Here’s a great resource that I’ve found for buying kid’s gardening tools.

- The company is called GardenScape and they have a nice variety of garden tools for kids available.

Happy Gardening,

Ms.Eudora!

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