Help Them Grow - Lynn Hurry & Keith Kirsten ( Delightful childrens gardening book)

Softcover. Keith Kirstens (Pty) Ltd 1995. 63 pages.

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" The only South African Guide for young gardeners.

To respect the environment in the broad sense, we must first develop a respect for our own environment - the living world of plants and small wildlife that surrounds us in our homes and gardens. Growing plants is one of the most fundamental ways in which we can introduce our children to the wonder and magic of the natural environment. It is also one of the most accessible, as all children, regardless of financial, gepgraphical or social circumstances, can try their hand at it.- even if their gardening efforts are limited to nurturing a few tomato seeds in a tin on the window sill.

In Help them Grow, respected horticulturalist and nurseryman Keith Kirsten and environment education specialist Lyn Hurry have combined 20 years of experience to produce a book that will encourage young-and old - to explore the pleasures of gardening. Their message conveyed by means of simple text and lively, colourful illustrations, is that gardening can be fun, easy and cheap - and that you certainly do not need a large garden to enjoy the benefits.

the book abounds with practical suggestions on how to grow plants, interspersed with down-to-earth ecological information aimed at fostering an environmentally-friendly approach to gardening. The content includes, among others, chapter on:

Garden habits

Hints for green-finger gardening

Growing vegetables

Your garden - a wildlife sanctuary

Managing problem animals.

Ian Lusted's detailed, humorous illustrations not only support the text, but are entertaining in their own right, adding a further dimension to the enjoyment of this book."