The Children's Garden Project at River Farm

Maureen Heffeman
American Horticultural Society
Alexandria, Virginia USA

Citation: Heffeman, Maureen (1994). "The Children's Garden Project at River Farm." Children's Environments 11 (3): 63-78. Retrieved [date] from http://www.colorado.edu/journals/cye/

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Abstract

The American Horticultural Society and the W. Atlee Burpee Company sponsored a national children's gardening symposium (held August 12-14, 1993) to enable kindergarten-eighth grade educators to begin or improve gardening programs for children. In addition to the symposium, 12 children's gardens, designed by elementary school students and professional landscape designers, were built at the headquarters of the American Horticultural Society. These gardens serve as inspirational and practical models for teachers, parents, and youth leaders to use to build more gardens for both recreational and educational purposes at school, backyard, and community sites.

Keywords: children's gardens, children's gardening symposium, gardening with children, environmental education, horticultural education