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Help your child plant a "tea garden": a garden made of herbs for making teas.

Create a bee garden to help shelter bees in your area.

Can you plant the insect-attracting borage plant to increase the amount of beneficial insects in your garden? Find out in this experiment!

Can you increase the light and plant growth in your garden using mirrors? In this experiment, measure light reflection and find out!

Use simple items to create a kindergarten "grow box" that lets a kid see just how salad plants send down their roots and grow underground.

Grow a garden with an environmentally-friendly twist by using plant scraps that usually get thrown away.

Help your child create a magical miniature garden in the most unlikely of places: a recycled plastic bottle!

Create a soda bottle garden that defies gravity! This hanging terrarium is housed in a soda bottle and perfect for crafty kids with a growing green thumb.

Conduct a simple science experiment to see if flowers from your garden pass the acid-base indicator test with this exciting chemistry activity.

Make a seed bomb and let your junior guerilla gardener spread flowers far and wide.

This activity is a great way to teach kids that, to find examples of science in action, they donât need to look any further than their own backyard.

Science fair project that determines whether landscaping fabric impacts the ability of plants to receive water.

Make a planter full of delicious seasonings and classic grilling vegetables, great for a Fatherâs Day gift or a fun start-of-summer outdoor activity.

What is biodiversity? Kids will study different areas of their backyards to see which is the most diverse to learn about biodiversity and random sampling.

Science fair project that determines whether lettuce that is harvested gradually yields more produce than lettuce that is harvested all at once.

This science project challenges students to learn about and classify weeds and discover new practical uses for weeds.

In this activity, your child will learn about a style of gardening that uses moss, also called "kokedama."

This science project teaches students about organic farming and the benefits and disadvantages of commercial plant food.

Soil is made up of different layers. How far down do you need to dig to find the soil horizon, or the place where bits of leaves and branches become soil?

What is mulch? Kids will provide soil with a wet blanket of mulch and see if that helps keep drought-stricken soil damp.

Test out the pH levels of soil in your backyard versus soil in more wild environments to solve this science case.

Create a brush pile to help wintering wildlife stay warm and cozy through the winter.

Do you have your isopods straight? Learn about sow bug and pill bug behavior by building a terrarium to study them in!

This year on Mother's Day, try this gift project that brings together an appreciation for gardening with a hands-on lesson in art history.

In this experiment, young ecologists will learn about a type of edge effect: how trees and plants at the edge of a forest can act as a weed filter.

Here's a fun activity that will have your child researching, collecting, and charting plant specimens from the neighborhood.

Will potatoes spud or sprout faster in dry, dark, or cold conditions? Find out in this science fair project idea!

Take advantage of the spring and summer sun in this arts and crafts activity that has your learner creating pretty flower prints.