7 fun gardening activities for small kids

Apart from just getting outside and being physically active, gardening creates a potential to learn about science, nature, food, sharing, organising, and responsibility to care for a living thing. What you'll need A packet of fast-growing seed, and either a 1m x 1m patch of garden or a wide, shallow container, seed-raising mix, and a water spray bottle. What you'll need A spider plant with offshoots, scissors or garden snips, small pots, and seed-raising mix. Succulents from cuttings Unlike most cuttings, you don't plant the succulent cutting in the soil — it does best if you lay it on top of moist soil, where it will eventually put down roots. Unlike most cuttings, you don't plant the succulent cutting in the soil — it does best if you lay it on top of moist soil, where it will eventually put down roots.