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Title details for The No-Dig Children's Gardening Book by Charles Dowding - Available

The No-Dig Children's Gardening Book

by Charles Dowding
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Don't like endless digging and weeding? Don't let that stop you from getting into gardening! The simple and achievable gardening projects in this book are perfect for parents and young children to do together. All are based on Charles Dowding's trademark no-dig technique, which perfectly lends itself to gardening with little ones who can't manage heavy digging and who will quickly grow bored of endless weeding.

Projects are broken down into easy, step-by-step processes, designed to be carried out by children. Attractive, full-bleed photography is supplemented with fun illustration and fully illustrated factual spreads. Running throughout the gardening projects are extra little facts about plants and wildlife, as well as things to look out for when you are outdoors.

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  • Release date

    January 17, 2023

  • Formats

    • Kindle Book

    • OverDrive Read

      • ISBN: 9781783129997
    Kindle restrictions

  • Languages

    • English

  • Levels

    • Lexile® Measure: 1000
    • Text Difficulty: 5-7

  • Reviews

    • Kirkus

      December 15, 2022
      When mulch and compost replace digging, gardening becomes easier for kids and better for the soil. This ambitious, attractively presented book encourages children to become not only gardeners, but also nature observers, scientists, and data collectors. Comprehensible and enthusiastically but very briefly presented information is sometimes inadequate. We aren't told exactly how to build compost enclosures from old pallets, how deep compost in a garden bed needs to be, how to tell when compost is mature, or how far apart to space zucchini and tomato plants (the same spacing is used for all the vegetables in the demo bed). The book is U.K.-centric, and some advice needs checking: Frost dates will vary, and composting bones is discouraged by the Environmental Protection Agency and might attract rats. Little help for the urbanite can be found. Purchased compost and mulch can be costly. Still, there is a lot of cheering-on and an upbeat, can-do tone throughout. The book advocates for school gardening, market gardening, and gardening as a family and offers suggestions for encouraging children with ADHD or who are autistic to garden. A sensory garden, "easy flowers," and ways to attract wildlife are described. Abundant color photos brighten every page, and the layout is chock-full but clear. Individuals in the photos are mostly White-presenting; those in the illustrations are diverse. Adults with the resources and climate to use this book can glean ideas for engaging children. (websites, index) (Nonfiction. 7-10)

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Formats

  • Kindle Book
  • OverDrive Read
Kindle restrictions

subjects

Languages

  • English

Levels

  • Lexile® Measure:1000
  • Text Difficulty:5-7

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