Plant a Tree

Materials

• Tree seedling

Plant a tree in your yard, watch it grow and change, sit by it and talk about your problems, nurture and love it! Here's how you do it.

Tree Planting Activity

An Imagination Station Activity

Age: Preschool and up
Time: 5 minutes or your life time
Type of Activity: Backyard science

Materials needed:

Living Christmas Tree

Materials

My Special Tree

Time

• 20 to 30 minutes

Materials

• Garden tools
• A new tree sapling

Directions

Grow an Avocado Tree

Materials

Plant names are often adorable and simple, which is why many of these names are growing in popularity. While they refer to a plant or nature, some of them have other meanings as well, making them even more special to use as baby names.

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Spring has sprung — and you have flowers on your mind! But the garden isn’t the only place you’ll find fab foliage. Flower names, plant-inspired names, and names for girls inspired by towering trees are sweet, sentimental, classic, and even sassy. Whether you’re on the hunt for a modern moniker that stands out or a traditional pick that pays homage to Mother Nature, flower names for girls are everything you are looking for and more.

Leaves, Trees, and Water Temperature

An Imagination Station Activity from KinderArt

Age: All ages
Time: 15 to 30 minutes
Type of Activity: Art

Materials:

Nature inspires us with its beauty. Trees, woods, forests, and glens all evoke magical imagery and wonder; they are the stuff of fairytales and far-off places. Therefore, it is little wonder there are so many baby names related to trees and nature.

More: 75 Plant Inspired Names for Your Future Botanist

The low-maintenance garden

Landscaping with a Green Thumb: The Ornamental Garden

Gardening with your family can be fun, and it can be a great way to teach your kids about nature and the environment. If you'd like to see green plants, flowers, shrubs, and trees in your yard instead of just a broad expanse of lawn, you're on your way to an environmentally friendly landscape.

For many years we’ve been on the losing end of climate change. An unexpected byproduct of the COVID-19 pandemic meant that as we celebrated the 50th anniversary of Earth Day in 2020, our planet has seen some improvements it hasn’t seen in decades. Unfortunately, there is no guarantee the gains made will continue as stay-at-home orders around the world are eased.

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Landscaping with a Green Thumb: The Ornamental Garden

Gardening with your family can be fun, and it can be a great way to teach your kids about nature and the environment. If you'd like to see green plants, flowers, shrubs, and trees in your yard instead of just a broad expanse of lawn, you're on your way to an environmentally friendly landscape. Just be sure to follow "green" practices and opt for a low-maintenance garden.

If you’re an outdoor-loving parent, then a forest-inspired baby name might be exactly what you’re on the hunt for. The forest is generally a woody area with lots of tree coverage, making it mysterious, serene, and earthy.

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EarthSavers: Air

Clean air -- you can't see, smell, or taste it, but you sure can't live without it! Cars, factories, and electricity make our lives easier, but they also produce gasses and chemicals that pollute the air. Polluted air is bad for people to breathe, and it can harm animals, trees, and plants. And it doesn't just blow away -- the pollution can return to earth as acid rain.

Seasonal Fun Facts

Expand your holiday trivia knowledge with these interesting tidbits from past and recent history.

New Year's Ball

Holiday Past
The original ball lowered in Times Square on New Year's Eve back in 1907 was made of iron and wood and decorated with 100 light bulbs.

Holiday Present
The modern New Year's ball is made of Waterford crystal, covered with 696 light bulbs, 96 strobe lights, and 90 rotating pyramid mirrors.

The Popular Poinsettia

Cottagecore names are a new trend in baby names that’s rising in popularity. These names, defined by an appreciation for romanticized rural life, evoke a sense of nostalgia by drawing from the natural world and from times of old.

More: 75 Fairy Names for Your Magical Little One

Family Gardening Tips

Cynthia Davis Klemmer, the Children's Education Coordinator at theMassachusetts Horticultural Society, suggests these gardening activity tips for families:

• Start small. Window boxes or containers, because of their smallsize, can actually turn out to be rather luxurious gardens. Recycle clean bleach and milkcontainers. Cut off the tops and use them as planters.
• Be willing to put up with a less-than-perfect looking garden: crookedrows and weeds are okay.

Your child's teacher pours their heart and soul into your child every day. Show them how much you appreciate all their hard work this Teacher Appreciation Week! Here are the top ways you can celebrate your child's teacher during the first week in May.

1. Take Over

Gardening with Kids

Cynthia Davis Klemmer, the Children's Education Coordinator at the Massachusetts Horticultural Society, suggests these gardening tips:

Where food comes from

Getting to Know Food

Few of us grew up on a farm, but it seems like we know more about where food comes from than our children do, or will in the future. In this grab-and-go world, highly processed convenience foods are the norm for kids, who often don't have a clue about the origins of what they are eating.

Getting started

Landscaping with a Green Thumb: The Vegetable Garden

With produce prices spiraling ever higher, it's a great time to consider planting your own vegetable and herb garden. If you have a sunny spot in your yard, or even just a sunny deck, you can grow your own organic produce, and always have fresh ingredients on hand for your family dinners.