The Children's Garden Project at River Farm

Abstract

The American Horticultural Society and the W. Atlee Burpee Company sponsored a national children's gardening symposium (held 12-14 August 1993) to enable K-8th grade educators to begin or improve gardening programs for children. In addition to the symposium, twelve 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.