Gardening for beginners

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Learn how to grow food

Growing your own food with kids is such a rewarding experience, but when you’re starting out, it can also be quite daunting. We’ve created easy to follow courses focused on gardening for beginners. Designed from a parents perspective, our courses will equip you with the knowledge you need to get started growing food at home.

We’ve simplified the process so you can easily teach your kids organic gardening skills.

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Start-up vegie patch basics: FREE online course

Want to grow food at home with the kids but don’t know where to start? ON NOW get started today.

Organic Action Plan: 5 Day eCourse

Easy organic gardening principles so your food is clean, nutrient dense and packed full of flavour. Start an action plan today.

Organic Food Garden 101: Intensive Program

Everything you need to grow organic food with kids. Grow, nurture, harvest and enjoy organic homegrown food.

Balcony garden: The perfect first garden for kids

by Family Garden Life | September 12, 2018 | Kids Garden Activities | 0 Comments

The balcony garden our kids created was chosen so they could call it their own because that's exactly what they wanted. A garden where they could choose which vegetables were grown and they could take care of the plants themselves. Our balcony seemed like the perfect...

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You'll love how easy seed saving is when you give it a go yourself, and the cost-benefits are amazing. Most of the time seeds will be ready for collection when the fruit has gone past ripe and fallen from the plant or started to rot. Seed pods or seed heads are a...

Want to learn how to make soil testing fun for kids?

Soil testing is a way you can get to know your soil a bit better before you grow your plants. Organic gardening is all about working with nature to ensure your garden is free of chemicals and pesticides. One of the key principles of organic gardening is to ensure your...

Sweet & Salty Watermelon Salad (with edible flowers)

If you've never experienced sweet and salty together, then this is definitely the recipe you should try. Even my husband loved it. This sweet & salty watermelon salad is topped off with some stunning edible flowers. You'll find the sweetness of the strawberries...

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