Best Flowers to Grow with Preschoolers
As promised, here are some of my favorite flowers to grow with preschoolers.
Marigolds. This is an inexpensive annual plant that can be found in your local garden center or nursery. They bloom almost continually, and are bright and cheerful. Easy to grow, marigolds do well in moderate soil and full sunlight.
Butterfly Garden. Look for butterfly garden seed at the garden center. All the flowers in this mixture are attractive to butterflies. Spend the summer watching butterflies dance through your garden! Use in conjunction with teaching your preschooler about butterflies. You can leave out pieces of orange for the butterflies to eat during their visit. Or you can mush up fruit for a butterfly feeder.
Sunflowers. Sunflowers are easy to grow, and fun to eat afterwards.
Sweet Peas. These grow quickly. A fun project could be to make to teepee from bamboo poles, then plant sweet peas to grow up around the poles. Preschoolers can enjoy their garden and they get a cool place to hide.
Nasturtium. These bloom in the summer, grow quickly and make excellent hanging basket plants. The flowers attract butterflies and hummingbirds. Consider creating a nasturtium basket and hanging it outside a window where your preschoolers can watch the butterflies and hummingbirds visit.
What’s your favorite flower to grow with preschoolers? Leave a comment and let me know!
