Today, kids in the garden will make you smile & laugh!

Read this collection now to experience the joy of kids in the garden! [GreenPrints]( March 29, 2024   [GET JOY AND LAUGHTER FROM THESE HEARTWARMING STORIES ABOUT KIDS IN THE GARDEN!]( When you read the special GreenPrints Collection [Gardening with Kids: Heartwarming & educational stories for everyone]( you get some delightful stories that are truly revealing about the nature of children. Start reading—and enjoying—right now! Dear Gardener, Kids say—and do—the darndest things! When you read the special GreenPrints Collection [Gardening with Kids: Heartwarming & educational stories for everyone]( you get the best—and funniest—real-life stories about kids in the garden. Here's the thing about kids and gardening—time spent in nature helps kids by: [Collection]( - Building confidence—kids boost their self-confidence when they spend time outdoors and learn about gardens and nature. - Promoting creativity and imagination—kids get more creative and find solutions to challenges when interacting in the garden. - Teaching responsibility—give a kid a chore in the garden, and let that kid “own” it. It’s a great way to build responsibility and accountability. - Providing a healthy environment—with lots of kids glued to screens these days, being out in the garden is a great way to promote physical activity and reduce stress. And adults benefit, too, by spending time in the garden with kids—boost your cognitive capabilities and your emotional and physical health when you interact with kids in the garden! Here’s a story from the GreenPrints Collection [Gardening with Kids: Heartwarming & educational stories for everyone]( entitled “The Mystery of the Misplaced Eggplant”—you’ll be chuckling after you read this! [The Mystery of the Misplaced Eggplant]( Why were our eggplant flowers big and orange? By Jennifer D. Melville As soon as the fist-sized, orange blossom revealed its beautiful face and reached towards the late-Spring sky, I knew I had made it. I was a gardener. I yanked my smart phone out of my pocket, dropped to one knee in the moist soil, and took one photo after another of my flower. Selecting the perfect shot, I played with Instagram filters until it was perfect. Vibrant. Stunning. Unbelievable. Then I did what any millennial would-be-gardener might do. I posted the perfect shot of my perfect flower on my Facebook page. My description was cute and inspiring: “Gardening with children. My kids are thrilled to see their plant bloom and can’t wait to try the fruits—well, vegetables—of their labor.” Bring on the comments. I basked in the glow of digital praise. For a moment. “Uh … ” A friend responded, “I don’t know what kind of blossom that is, but I am pretty sure eggplant flowers are purple.” What? I quickly Googled pictures of eggplant flowers. They were all small and purple, nothing like the orange behemoth residing in my vegetable patch. [History Collection]( [Read More...]( Illustration by Hannah England  What a funny and cute story! And the GreenPrints Collection [Gardening with Kids: Heartwarming & educational stories for everyone]( has many more stories for you—stories that deliver the joy, delight, and wonder of kids in the garden! Including this featured story—"The Mystery of the Misplaced Eggplant"—you get all 40+ stories in this GreenPrints Special Collection on gardening with kids, including these other gems: - “The Upside-Down Flower Tree: Dad gets a parenting—and botany—lesson.”—read about a young boy named Lance, eagerly trying to learn the names of all the plants around him … and how his dad fumbles it! - “The Little School Garden That Didn’t: And what it taught me.”—how a harvest-less school garden didn’t deter these kids’ enthusiasm! - “Looking for Asparagus: ‘Bestest day ever?’ Not for my sister!”—how 3-year-old Elise learned exactly what asparagus looks like … and didn’t like it one bit! - “Secret Sunflowers: A surprise from my three daughters and me.”—read about how a woman and her daughters blessed another family with the gift of sunflower plants! - “The Little Girl with the Hose: Helping a person bloom.”—read about how young Terri went from a dour child to a laughing and fun kid … in the garden! - “My Dinosaur Bromeliad: A flower bud that looked like a dinosaur?”—read about a young boy named Brett who becomes fascinated with a plant that appears to be a dinosaur … and how he learns all about plants in the process. - “Gardening with Emerson: A small boy enchanted by gardening.”—read about young Emerson learning how to garden and giving a serious tour to his friends! [Collection]( And new stories are being added to this Special Collection all the time—you get access to all of them! Please read what some subscribers say about how GreenPrints helps and entertains them: “I love this little publication! It is so much more than just about gardening. It nourishes all our senses. Whatever the cost has to be, I will pay it! I don't want to be without GreenPrints.” —Sharon Park, Palo Cedro, CA “I laugh so hard tears stream down my face!” —Sierra Butler, Carmel, CA “I got the latest issue and it lifted my heart with much needed laughter! My husband just went under hospice care, and it is very trying on me. Thank you so much for coming through when I didn't realize I needed you!!” —Karen Tuffly, Kingston, OK The only way to get full access to the GreenPrints Collection [Gardening with Kids: Heartwarming & educational stories for everyone]( lots of other Collections filled with gardening stories about healing gardens, gardening science, animals in the garden, mystical gardens, gardening mishaps, and more—is to get [GreenPrints Garden Club All-Access Membership]( with a whole year’s worth of stories in a full subscription to GreenPrints Magazine, hundreds and hundreds of captivating stories in all the Collections, and benefits galore for only $10 for an entire year! [$10 SPECIAL! GET AN 83% DISCOUNT WHEN YOU CLAIM YOUR BENEFITS TODAY!]( [Claim your GreenPrints Garden Club All-Access Membership now, and you get all the gardening stories to delight you, make you laugh, and fill you with heartwarming inspiration and motivation. 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