A Place to Learn & Grow

 

Activities in the Learning Garden​

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GROW WITH YOUR FAMILY

We welcome volunteers with families to come join us. Please reach out and let us answer your questions. Bring your own gloves and tools if you wish. There is always something new happening and so much to learn. New and wonderful experiences abound. Plant potatoes, snip herbs, propagate grapes, clean gourds for birdhouses. We are always up to something exciting.

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COME TO AN EVENT

We have been able to bring back classes in the garden and around town thanks to the Tacoma Library and the Tacoma Creates grant. Volunteers helped to make a felt board and craft the resources for a Pollinator Parade class. We have had holiday fun in the garden through the spring and summer. Check out our events page for what's going on next with teaching from the Learning Garden around Tacoma.

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CHECK OUT SOME GARDEN STORIES

If you're a parent with curious kids, the garden is the perfect place to bring all their questions! In the meantime, here are some books we know you can find in the Tacoma library to learn about gardening, plants, and nature activities with your family.

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Any time of year:​

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• From Seed to Plant by Gail Gibbons

• How A Seed Grows by Helene J. Jordan

• Seeds Move! by Robin Page

• Seed to Plant by Kristin Baird Rattini

• From Caterpillar to Butterfly by Deborah Heiligman

• Up in the Garden and Down in the Dirt by Kate Messner

• Who Likes The Rain by Etta Kaner

• Plant, Cook, Eat! a Children's Cookbook by Joe Archer

• Secrets of the Seasons Orbiting the Sun in Our Backyard Kathleen Weidner Zoehfeld

• Rotten! by Anita Sanchez

• The Mushroom Fan Club by Elise Gravel

• The Bat by Elise Gravel

• The Toad by Elise Gravel

• Garden to Table a Kid's Guide to Planting, Growing, and Preparing Food by Katherine Hengel

• My Great Outdoors Book by Josie Jeffery

• Nature Anatomy the Curious Parts & Pieces of the Natural World by Julia Rothman

• A Seed Is Sleepy by Dianna Hutts Aston & Syliva Long

• The Big Book of Blooms by Yval Zommer

• Ada Twist, Scientist The Why Files All About Plants by Andrea Beaty and Dr. Theanne Griffith

 

Gardens:

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• Logan's Greenhouse by JaNay Brown-Wood

• Amara's Farm by JaNay Brown-Wood

• Miguel's Community Garden by JaNay Brown-Wood

• Linh's Rooftop Garden by JaNay Brown-Wood

• Secrets of the Garden Food Chains and the Food Web in Our Backyard by Kathleen Weidner Zoehfeld

• Behold Our Magical Garden Poems Fresh From a School Garden by Allan Wolf

• Uncle John's City Garden by Bernette G. Ford

• My Busy Green Garden by Terry Pierce

• The Garden We Share by Zoe Tucker

• My Nana's Garden by Dawn Casey

• The Forever Garden by Laurel Snyder

• Bo and the Community Garden by Elliott Smith

• The Children's Garden by Carole Lexa Schaefer

• Behold Our Magical Garden by Allan Wolf

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Early Reader Books:

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• Parker Grows a Garden by Parker Curry & Jessica Curry

• Tiana's Garden Grows by Bria Alston

• Garden Day! by Candice F. Ransom

• Frances Hodgson Burnett's The Secret Garden by Deborah Hautzig

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Bugs & Compost:​

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• The Worm by Elise Gravel

• The Slug by Elise Gravel

• The Spider by Elise Gravel

• The Fly by Elise Gravel

• The Book of Brilliant Bugs by Jess French

• Green Machine the Slightly Gross Truth About Turning Your Food Scraps Into Energy by Rebecca Donnelly

Fall & Halloween:

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• Rotten Pumpkin [a Rotten Tale in 15 Voices] by David M. Schwartz

• How Many Seeds in A Pumpkin? by Margaret McNamara

• Investigating Why Leaves Change Their Color by Ellen René

• Little Boo by Stephen Wunderli

• Possum's Harvest Moon by Anne Hunter

• How to Help A Pumpkin Grow by Ashley Wolff

• Pumpkin Pie for Sigd A Holiday Tale by Jennifer TziviaMacLeod

• The Good, the Bad, and the Spooky by Jory John

• Pick A Pumpkin by Patricia Toht

• Pumpkin Circle The Story of A Garden by George Levenson

• Pumpkin Fiesta by Caryn Yacowitz

• Pumpkin Island by Arthur Geisert

• Pumpkin Jack by Will Hubbell

• Too Many Pumpkins by Linda White