{"id":19098,"date":"2012-02-13T11:00:59","date_gmt":"2012-02-13T16:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nybg.org\/plant-talk\/?p=19098"},"modified":"2012-02-09T16:58:51","modified_gmt":"2012-02-09T21:58:51","slug":"the-childrens-gardening-program-creating-young-horticulturists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/2012\/02\/garden-programming\/the-childrens-gardening-program-creating-young-horticulturists\/","title":{"rendered":"The Children&#8217;s Gardening Program: Creating Young Horticulturists"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Sprouts.jpg\"><img data-attachment-id=\"19517\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/2012\/02\/garden-programming\/the-childrens-gardening-program-creating-young-horticulturists\/attachment\/sprouts\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Sprouts.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"323,261\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Children&#8217;s Gardening Events\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Sprouts-300x242.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Sprouts.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright  wp-image-19517\" title=\"Children's Gardening Events\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Sprouts-300x242.jpg\" alt=\"Children's Gardening\" width=\"289\" height=\"233\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Sprouts-300x242.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Sprouts.jpg 323w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 289px) 100vw, 289px\" \/><\/a>Especially because this winter feels like an early springtime, it\u2019s time to get excited for a new season of the Children\u2019s Gardening Program at the two-acre <a title=\"Ruth Rea Howell Family Garden\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/gardens\/family-garden\/\">Ruth Rea Howell Family Garden<\/a>. As of February 1, we opened registration for our popular Crafters and Sprouts for the spring, summer, and fall sessions.<\/p>\n<p><em>Garden Sprouts<\/em> introduces three- to five-year-olds and their accompanying parent to garden exploration, from digging for earthworms to planting seeds. Sprouts enjoy seasonal gardening tasks, the opportunity to sample garden-fresh produce grown in their own plots, and activities especially crafted for the young green thumb.<br \/>\n<!--more--><br \/>\nAnd for the older kids aged six to twelve, there&#8217;s <em>Garden Crafters<\/em>! Over the course of 12 springtime Saturday sessions they&#8217;ll plant and harvest from their own plots, learning more about organic gardening, cooking, botany, and fun topics like harvest games, springtime birds, and trees. Summer weekday sessions and the fall Saturday sessions ensure a season of hands-on learning.<\/p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Childrens-Gardening.jpg\"><img data-attachment-id=\"19519\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/2012\/02\/garden-programming\/the-childrens-gardening-program-creating-young-horticulturists\/attachment\/childrens-gardening\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Childrens-Gardening.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"840,519\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Children&#8217;s Gardening\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Childrens-Gardening-300x185.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Childrens-Gardening.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-19519 aligncenter\" title=\"Children's Gardening\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Childrens-Gardening.jpg\" alt=\"Family Garden\" width=\"570\" height=\"352\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Childrens-Gardening.jpg 840w, https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Childrens-Gardening-300x185.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 570px) 100vw, 570px\" \/><\/a>\n<p>Space is limited, but don&#8217;t fret&#8211;if you can&#8217;t get the kids into the spring session, consider registering well in advance for the popular summer and fall programs. It might just be the most enjoyable curriculum they complete all year.<\/p>\n<hr width=\"580\" \/>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><em>For a detailed list of program schedules and activities, <a title=\"Gardening Program\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/edu\/kids-teens\/gardening-program.php\">visit our education page<\/a>. Call 718-817-8181 to register.<br \/>\n<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kids are good about getting their hands dirty, so why not be productive with it?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":153,"featured_media":19517,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false},"categories":[17],"tags":[742,176,1367],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Sprouts.jpg","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/ph0lU-4Y2","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19098"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/153"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19098"}],"version-history":[{"count":39,"href":"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19098\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19645,"href":"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19098\/revisions\/19645"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19517"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19098"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19098"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19098"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}