I’ve never had success in growing things. But I love grown things. After many, many failed attempts I stopped trying and starting looking; looking for inspiration. I found it in this picture below of the Keukenhof Tulip Fields in Holland. It’s very interesting when you stop trying and start inspiring because there’s motivation there.
The first step was the children and I decorated vibrant pots. Next, we asked dirtgirl to write us a post about how to plant nasturtiums (because they are colourful, easy to grow, AND we can use the flowers in salad). The children and I: we watched them grow, we watered them and made sure they had enough sunlight, and now Spring has come and we have our first flowers in our rainbow garden.
“MUUUUUM! MUUUUUM!” The way they were screaming you would have been forgiven for thinking it was Christmas morning!
“Come and see!? We have a flower! We have a flower!”
And so we did. From seeds to flower: there was only about a month to six weeks in it.
We got our rainbow garden and the process made all the family happy. Here’s to more flowers, inspiration and gardening with kids.
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Part 1 Rainbow Garden: Paint Pots
Part 2 Rainbow Garden: Planting Nasturtiums
Part 3 Rainbow Garden: Watching it Grow
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Rainbow Garden Step 2 — Planting Nasturtiums
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Barbara
October 21, 2013 at 3:34 amThanks for a lovely idea for myself & the grand-babies…. 🙂
alana
October 21, 2013 at 12:06 pmi love that rainbow garden..so beautiful!!! Also love your pots…we have some flowers growing at the moment but they are still in the tiny plant form..flowers are coming tho!!!
Debs
October 21, 2013 at 4:43 pmA rainbow garden., what a glorious idea! Love your pots. We add pops of colour to our garden wherever possible. Perhaps we could try a rainbow garden as well? Thanks for sharing 🙂
Garden Step 3: Planting Our Garden
October 26, 2013 at 12:44 pm[…] the success of our rainbow garden, I’ve become more confident and interested in gardening. For our next little project, […]
Penny
October 29, 2013 at 11:55 amKell, these look so lovely! I have a rainbow garden, all snap dragons, in a variety of colours. Just seeing them makes my day better! I bet these make you feel better too, even more so since they were hand made!
Renee
November 19, 2013 at 10:04 amThe flowers are really yummy in salads too! Just remember to use organic fertilisers & pest control.
They are peppery, so probably not something children will get into, but give them a try!
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