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hi everyone ive just joined,ive not been gardening for long really only about a year. my garden isnt very big but my daughter and i have planted sum pretty flowers and are learning as we go along. i was wandering if anyone could recommend any books i could buy for my daughter,shes 10 and finds i difficult understanding some of the books i have so id like to get her sum more for her age if there are any?? thanks x
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Welcome Sarah & daughter, I can't help with books, but I'm sure someone one here will answer you. Wise & nice people on this forum.
hi there thanks my daughter is Hannah lookin forward to getting sum good advice
I still have my collection of Hessayon books, they were brill when I first started again with veg'. Must admit I like glossy pictures of plants & flowers especially after getting reading glasses.
thanks verdun,ive got the RHS encylopedia of gardening and a few others but i'll take a look at your suggestion. i read Monty Dons article in Gardeners world today saying not many children are into gardening,hannah did an after school gardening club and really enjoyed it and now its sumthin we love doing together
A colleague with young children recommends a book called 'Gardening with Kids' but she can't remember who it's by - she said it has projects in it and her daughter loves it - I've loved gardening since I was 3 or 4 - all my early memories are to do with gardens
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
i used to help my dad with his gardens wen i was younger,he grew lots of veg and i loved watchin it grow from a seed or small plant into somethin yummy to eat
. i'll look the book up thanks 
The future ability of the world to feed itself tomorrow depends on todays kids being interested in gardening and all the things that go with it. More bees.
When you don't even know who's in the team
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I had my first greenhouse when I was 10. I used to read my grandmothers Amateur Gardening and Popular gardening magazines , which she had delivered every week and she would save for me. I inherited her Readers Digest book after she died
I used to be allowed into the adult section of the local library, so long as I didn't go near the fiction section.
Kids are sponges at that age, soaking up all the knowledge they can. Botany of plants may be beyond her, but just taking what she can from adult books is a good basis for science studies at school.
I would recommend starting to grow things like annuals that complete the cycle in one season. A tomato plant in a pot, with her responsible for watering, teaches responsibility. If she forgets to water it, it dies. If she nurtures it she gets nice tomatoes to eat.